year-round
adjective
: occurring, effective, employed, staying, or operating for the full year : not seasonal
a year-round resort
year-round
adverb
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Developers came up with a plan to build a suburban multi-use entertainment complex around a domed stadium—one that would keep out the snow and wind and allow for lucrative events year-round.
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Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2026
The resort-style backyard provides a pool with a sun ledge, spa, multiple seating areas and two fireplaces designed for year-round enjoyment.
—Judi Wright, Dallas Morning News, 29 Mar. 2026
Allen’s hummingbirds are year-round residents in Southern California but the rufous is a rarer visitor that passes through during spring and fall migrations while traveling between winter homes in Mexico to as far north as Alaska in the summer.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
Domestic migration into the Sun Belt states is declining, due in part to off-the-chart heat waves, devastating storms, once-in-a-century floods, and year-round fire seasons — along with the consequential costs, such as unaffordable homeowners’ insurance and destroyed livelihoods.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 28 Mar. 2026
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Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2026
The resort-style backyard provides a pool with a sun ledge, spa, multiple seating areas and two fireplaces designed for year-round enjoyment.
—Judi Wright, Dallas Morning News, 29 Mar. 2026
Allen’s hummingbirds are year-round residents in Southern California but the rufous is a rarer visitor that passes through during spring and fall migrations while traveling between winter homes in Mexico to as far north as Alaska in the summer.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
Domestic migration into the Sun Belt states is declining, due in part to off-the-chart heat waves, devastating storms, once-in-a-century floods, and year-round fire seasons — along with the consequential costs, such as unaffordable homeowners’ insurance and destroyed livelihoods.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 28 Mar. 2026
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“Year-round.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/year-round. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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