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adjective

Definition of bimonthlynext
as in monthly

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bimonthly

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noun

as in quarterly

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Recent Examples of bimonthly
Adjective
Times 26 weeks in a year times the 5 years since the lockdown equals 130 bimonthly haircuts at $30 each or $3,900 saved. — Paul Keane, Hartford Courant, 8 Mar. 2026 The South Hills Interfaith Movement, known as SHIM, recently opened food lockers so people can get supplies outside of their bimonthly distribution events. — Kristine Sorensen, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026 This is why, for providers like Young, a freeze on federal child care subsidies could be immediately disastrous since providers rely on this bimonthly income to pay staff salaries, rent, utilities and food for kids. — Beki San Martin, Freep.com, 7 Jan. 2026 On a bimonthly basis, the company’s broader executive leadership team meets to align on Workday’s overall AI strategy. — John Kell, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bimonthly
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bimonthly
  1. monthly
  2. quarterly
  3. weekly
  4. annual
  5. daily
  6. periodical
  7. biweekly
  8. newspaper
Adjective
  • The increases come exactly a year after the two streaming services last announced a bump in their monthly rates.
    — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Full moons end the monthly lunar cycle, promising closure and restoration of intentions brought on from the new moon.
    — Lisa Stardust, Vogue, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of monthly
Noun
  • Reporting quarterly is good for investors and good for the company.
    — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 8 July 2026
  • Without a C-suite sponsor empowered to align incentives, tie outcomes to compensation and resolve trade-offs quarterly, AI becomes a mosaic of local optimizations rather than a source of enterprise differentiation.
    — Kevin Korte, Forbes.com, 17 June 2026
Definition of quarterly
Adjective
  • Sign up for our weekly newsletter Proof Positive Two weeks ago OpenAI claimed a solution to one of the biggest open problems in math—the Navier-Stokes problem—an achievement worth a $1-million prize from the Clay Mathematics Institute.
    — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 21 Sep. 2026
  • In August 2021, Eckhart launched Reinvented with Jen Eckhart, a weekly podcast series that featured stories and interviews with public figures, celebrities, CEOs, athletes, business leaders and others.
    — Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of weekly
Noun
  • Yellow starthistle, scientific name Centaurea solstitialis, is a bushy summer-blooming annual, the California Invasive Plant Council said.
    — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Since tropical hibiscus can’t survive freezing temperatures, they can be grown as annuals or overwinter indoors in cold regions.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of annual
Adjective
  • Scorpio October 23 – November 21 A daily pattern may finally become too obvious to ignore.
    — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026
  • An on-site spa and an extensive complimentary wellness program include daily yoga, Pilates, meditation, strength training, sound healing, and wellness workshops, but participation is entirely optional.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of daily
Noun
  • Operating for nearly a century, Algani began in 1927 as a modest seller of newspapers, periodicals, and postcards before evolving into one of the city’s first international newsstands.
    — Eleonora Giordani, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2026
  • People who might be lucky to have a roof over their heads gathered there to read American books and periodicals, watch American movies, listen to lectures about America, tap their toes to jazz from America.
    — Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of periodical
Adjective
  • Edward Keegan’s biweekly architecture column is supported by a grant from former Tribune critic Blair Kamin, as administered by Journalism Funding Partners.
    — Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Taught by importer Simone Popov, who also teaches at the San Francisco Wine School, these biweekly classes are meant to demystify the world of wine.
    — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of biweekly
Noun
  • That abstract art installation is both a nod to the building’s former function—the historic home of the Portland Press Herald (Maine’s newspaper of record)—and to its urbane, artful spirit rooted in the local community.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Sep. 2026
  • La Presse said that a 2012 short story by Orelien had plagiarized passages from a book by French author Louis Pauwels, while a 2013 opinion piece copied from The Philippine Star newspaper.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of newspaper

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