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Take your time, for instance, producing biography rotating regular breaks in the afternoon

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I believe the answer is:

life span

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'breaks in the afternoon' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'take your time for instance producing biography rotating regular' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'biography' could be 'life' ('life' can be a synonym of 'biography') and 'life' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'span' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for life span that I've seen before include "Length of existence" , "Period of existence" , "Duration" , "From birth to death" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times.
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