| 100% | NEWSCYCLE | 9 | Time it takes to forget about a story, say |
| 51% | ONEHOUR | 7 | Time it takes to develop a set of photos, maybe |
| 49% | EON | 3 | Time it takes for a mountain to form |
| 49% | NSEC | 4 | Time it takes light to travel a ft., roughly |
| 49% | NSEC | 4 | Time it takes light to travel a ft., approximately |
| 49% | EON | 3 | Time it takes to get to a human being when calling tech support, seemingly |
| 47% | EER | 3 | Stretch of time it takes to get to doomsday, to those with a poetical bent |
| 46% | EON | 3 | Amount of time it takes for a red light to change, hyperbolically |
| 46% | EON | 3 | Time it may take for a solar system to form |
| 45% | NSEC | 4 | It takes light about one to travel one ft. in a vacuum |
| 43% | TACT | 4 | What it takes not to say "I see you've put on a little weight" |
| 42% | NSEC | 4 | About how long it takes light to travel a ft. |
| 42% | VILLAGE | 7 | African saying, It takes a __ to raise a child |
| 41% | THECIDERHOUSELURES | 18 | Story of a youth who says to hell with it and goes to the pub? |
| 41% | BERRA | 5 | Yogi who said "When you come to a fork in the road, take it" |
| 40% | EON | 3 | Time it takes for paint to dry, seemingly |
| 40% | ABS | 3 | Muscles sometimes advertised by the time it takes to produce them |
| 40% | TOTO | 4 | "Rosanna by ___ but every time it says rosanna i say banana and take a bite of a banana" (YouTube video) |
| 40% | PSEC | 4 | Time it takes for light to travel .3 mm |
| 40% | PSEC | 4 | Time it takes light to travel .3 mm: Abbr. |
| 40% | YEAR | 4 | Time it takes for Earth to circle the sun |
| 40% | FORGET | 6 | "___ about it!" (what you might say to brush someone off when they express gratitude for a favor) |
| 40% | AEONS | 5 | The time it takes mountains to rise |
| 40% | PAWNPROMOTION | 13 | What it takes to become a queen? |
| 40% | PORK | 4 | It takes time to cure |
| 39% | QUICKSAND | 9 | It takes time to sink in |
| 39% | MESS | 4 | It takes time to clean up |
| 39% | SAGA | 4 | It takes a while to tell |
| 39% | ALLSORTS | 8 | It takes __ to make a world; everyone's different |
| 39% | BERRA | 5 | Yankee Yogi who's credited with saying "When you come to a fork in the road, take it" |