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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These multiyear contingency funds are also available to fund participant benefits in the event that a lapse occurs in the middle of the fiscal year.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
Getty Images – Shares jumped 4% after Getty reached a multiyear licensing agreement with Perplexity AI to enable the display of Getty Images content through its search tools powered by artificial intelligence.
—Scott Schnipper, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2025
Shi has also helped Bosideng to secure a multiyear partnership in 2024 with Errolson Hugh of Acronym for the launch of the Vertex collection, which blends urban minimalism with utilitarian performance.
—Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 2025
To put this into perspective, while CORONA photographed approximately 590 million square miles of the earth’s surface during its entire multiyear run, Planet photographs 186 million square miles every day.
—Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
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Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
Getty Images – Shares jumped 4% after Getty reached a multiyear licensing agreement with Perplexity AI to enable the display of Getty Images content through its search tools powered by artificial intelligence.
—Scott Schnipper, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2025
Shi has also helped Bosideng to secure a multiyear partnership in 2024 with Errolson Hugh of Acronym for the launch of the Vertex collection, which blends urban minimalism with utilitarian performance.
—Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 2025
To put this into perspective, while CORONA photographed approximately 590 million square miles of the earth’s surface during its entire multiyear run, Planet photographs 186 million square miles every day.
—Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
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“Multiyear.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/multiyear. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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