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Can I use

Through out the passed period
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Can I use

Through out the passed period
I assume that you mean "Can I use

Through out the passed period in a sentence?"

In short, no. I think you meant to say "throughout the past period", but that is at best vague. "Throughout the past year" would be a sensible thing to say.

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