multiyear
adjective
mul·ti·year
ˌməl-tē-ˈyir 
-ˌtī-
variants
or multi-year
: involving, effective for, or taking place over more than one year
a multiyear period
a multiyear project/study
… some key global bond yields have climbed to multi-year highs in the last few days.—
Evelyn Cheng
Evelyn Cheng… as the team's franchise player, he was offered a one-year, $4.25 million contract, but he wants a multiyear deal …—Peter King
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The company is also an official NBA sponsor, signing on with the league (and the WNBA) in 2019 as part of a multiyear deal worth some $30 million per season.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Another tells of what happened to Shihirlis, the lovelorn thief played by Kilmer in the 1995 movie, in the aftermath of the first movie’s climactic robbery, and his multiyear quest to reunite with his former girlfriend (who was played by Judd in the original).
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2025
Nvidia, for its part, in late September agreed to invest $100 billion in OpenAI to help the company construct 10 gigawatts of artificial intelligence data center capacity over a multiyear timeframe.
—Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2025
The companies also entered into a multiyear extension of Peacock’s availability across Google’s Android platforms, including Google Play and Google TV.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 2 Oct. 2025
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Another tells of what happened to Shihirlis, the lovelorn thief played by Kilmer in the 1995 movie, in the aftermath of the first movie’s climactic robbery, and his multiyear quest to reunite with his former girlfriend (who was played by Judd in the original).
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2025
Nvidia, for its part, in late September agreed to invest $100 billion in OpenAI to help the company construct 10 gigawatts of artificial intelligence data center capacity over a multiyear timeframe.
—Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2025
The companies also entered into a multiyear extension of Peacock’s availability across Google’s Android platforms, including Google Play and Google TV.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 2 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for multiyear
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“Multiyear.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/multiyear. Accessed 12 Oct. 2025.
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