plural months
ˈmən(t)s 
ˈmən(t)ths
1
: a measure of time corresponding nearly to the period of the moon's revolution and amounting to approximately 4 weeks or 30 days or ¹/₁₂ of a year
2
months plural
: an indefinite usually extended period of time
he has been gone for months
3
: one ninth of the typical duration of human pregnancy
she was in her eighth month
Examples of month in a Sentence
July is my favorite month.
It was hard to keep warm in the cabin during the winter months.
the merry month of May
I saw her last month and I'll see her again next month.
The price sometimes changes dramatically from one month to the next.
He was gone for a month.
She was back to work a month after the accident.
He's been gone for months.
I haven't talked to her in months.
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Last month, Couture shared his excitement about the opportunity to take to the track in 2025.
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Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 10 July 2025
Not everyone thinks that, of course, and not everyone blamed Counsell for the 2024 offense that careened into a ditch in late April and didn’t recover for two months.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2025
Nvidia first crossed $2 trillion in February 2024 and reached $3 trillion just four months later in June.
—ArsTechnica, 9 July 2025
Joao Gomes and Mario Lemina became the first-choice midfield pairing in the first 18 months of Wolves’ post-Neves team.
—Steve Madeley, New York Times, 9 July 2025
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Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 10 July 2025
Not everyone thinks that, of course, and not everyone blamed Counsell for the 2024 offense that careened into a ditch in late April and didn’t recover for two months.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2025
Nvidia first crossed $2 trillion in February 2024 and reached $3 trillion just four months later in June.
—ArsTechnica, 9 July 2025
Joao Gomes and Mario Lemina became the first-choice midfield pairing in the first 18 months of Wolves’ post-Neves team.
—Steve Madeley, New York Times, 9 July 2025
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“Month.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/month. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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