calendar year
noun
1
: a period of a year beginning and ending with the dates that are conventionally accepted as marking the beginning and end of a numbered year
2
: a period of time equal in length to that of the year in the calendar conventionally in use
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Jason Stauffer, CNBC, 4 May 2026
Overall, $750 million in tax cuts would have gone to individuals, families and farmers under the plan, starting in the 2027 calendar year.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 2 May 2026
The employee is also required to have worked 15 continuous years in the district to qualify, and is required to have submitted an application to KPERS in order to begin drawing benefits before the end of the calendar year.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 29 Apr. 2026
Firstenberg kept up a breakneck pace in the 1980s and ‘90s, sometimes completing two or three movies in one calendar year.
—Stephen Silver, Sun Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026
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Jason Stauffer, CNBC, 4 May 2026
Overall, $750 million in tax cuts would have gone to individuals, families and farmers under the plan, starting in the 2027 calendar year.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 2 May 2026
The employee is also required to have worked 15 continuous years in the district to qualify, and is required to have submitted an application to KPERS in order to begin drawing benefits before the end of the calendar year.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 29 Apr. 2026
Firstenberg kept up a breakneck pace in the 1980s and ‘90s, sometimes completing two or three movies in one calendar year.
—Stephen Silver, Sun Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026
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“Calendar year.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/calendar%20year. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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