twice a year

idiom

: two times every year
We go to Europe twice a year.

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Watertown has about 1,550 permanent residents, according to recent census figures, but the town is engulfed by thousands of people twice a year for the city’s Mile Long Yard Sale. Andy Humbles, Nashville Tennessean, 2 Oct. 2025 Under the memo from Hegseth, the height-waist circumference method will be evaluated twice a year. Luis Martinez, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2025 All service members will be required to take the physical assessment twice a year, regardless of rank, Hegseth said, in addition to meeting weight and height requirements yearly. Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025 The climate credits are distributed twice a year — in April and then in October. Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for twice a year

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“Twice a year.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/twice%20a%20year. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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