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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Instead of multimillion-dollar outlays on multiyear development deals, the focus will be on script sales, short-term talent holding deals and other project-by-project transactions.
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 21 Nov. 2023
Evidence suggestive of phosphine has seemingly evaporated under deeper scrutiny from skeptics, and VERITAS has suffered a multiyear delay that poses an existential threat to the mission.
—Leonard David, Scientific American, 14 Nov. 2023
In 1994, a host of scientists hoping to understand where tornadoes got their rotation began a multiyear campaign named Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment, or VORTEX.
—Carolyn Wilke, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Nov. 2023
Dutch technology, in particular, has been the focus of a multiyear pressure campaign from the United States.
—Mara Hvistendahl, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2023
Keeping up donor zeal, from philanthropy and from rich nations, has been a long-time challenge for multiyear vaccination campaigns such as those against measles and polio.
—Maryn McKenna, WIRED, 9 Oct. 2023
Share this story After the Online Safety Act’s arduous multiyear passage through the UK’s lawmaking process, regulator Ofcom has published its first guidelines for how tech firms can comply with the mammoth legislation.
—Jon Porter, The Verge, 9 Nov. 2023
This October, the resort wrapped up its multiyear, $150-million renovation, which encompassed all 483 guest rooms, the historic Warm Springs Pools, and 72,000 square feet of meeting space and ballrooms, plus the property's bars and restaurants.
—Liz Cantrell, Travel + Leisure, 6 Nov. 2023
Israel will have to deploy military strategies drawn from long-war paradigms alongside a multiyear counterinsurgency campaign that also leverages diplomatic, informational, and economic tools.
—Assaf Orion, Foreign Affairs, 3 Nov. 2023
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Joe Otterson, Variety, 21 Nov. 2023
Evidence suggestive of phosphine has seemingly evaporated under deeper scrutiny from skeptics, and VERITAS has suffered a multiyear delay that poses an existential threat to the mission.
—Leonard David, Scientific American, 14 Nov. 2023
In 1994, a host of scientists hoping to understand where tornadoes got their rotation began a multiyear campaign named Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment, or VORTEX.
—Carolyn Wilke, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Nov. 2023
Dutch technology, in particular, has been the focus of a multiyear pressure campaign from the United States.
—Mara Hvistendahl, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2023
Keeping up donor zeal, from philanthropy and from rich nations, has been a long-time challenge for multiyear vaccination campaigns such as those against measles and polio.
—Maryn McKenna, WIRED, 9 Oct. 2023
Share this story After the Online Safety Act’s arduous multiyear passage through the UK’s lawmaking process, regulator Ofcom has published its first guidelines for how tech firms can comply with the mammoth legislation.
—Jon Porter, The Verge, 9 Nov. 2023
This October, the resort wrapped up its multiyear, $150-million renovation, which encompassed all 483 guest rooms, the historic Warm Springs Pools, and 72,000 square feet of meeting space and ballrooms, plus the property's bars and restaurants.
—Liz Cantrell, Travel + Leisure, 6 Nov. 2023
Israel will have to deploy military strategies drawn from long-war paradigms alongside a multiyear counterinsurgency campaign that also leverages diplomatic, informational, and economic tools.
—Assaf Orion, Foreign Affairs, 3 Nov. 2023
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First Known Use
1921, in the meaning defined above
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