twice a year

idiom

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

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At the peak of the New Deal era, Roosevelt would hold these chats on the radio twice a year. Mikayla Bunnell, Hartford Courant, 3 Feb. 2026 First, there are the harvesters who hike through the Amazon jungle twice a year to reach the mopa-mopa shrubs that grow wild in southern Colombia. Kristin Houser, Big Think, 29 Jan. 2026 Payton’s thoughts on potentially facing his current assistant twice a year as the coach of a division rival? Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2026 But while the fees are charged on a monthly basis, they are actually paid twice a year on property tax bills in December and April. David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026 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 8 Feb. 2026.

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