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adjective

Definition of bimonthlynext
as in monthly

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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
  • Roughly 1 in 8 Georgians with an active auto loan have at least one monthly payment of $1,000 or more, according to a new analysis from LendingTree.
    — Cassidy Alexander, AJC.com, 24 July 2026
  • The Social Security Administration takes your highest-earning 35 years of work and calculates your average monthly earnings from those years, adjusted upward for subsequent growth in average wages.
    — Marc Novicoff, The Atlantic, 24 July 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
  • The attacks were the latest in a series of large-scale Russian strikes on Ukrainian cities that Russia has intensified over the summer, now occurring on a nearly weekly basis.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 July 2026
  • But what really sets the brewery apart is its spirit of community, which draws people of all ages, including non-beer lovers, through weekly and seasonal events, like Star Wars Weekend and Creek-i-Tiki Luau.
    — USA TODAY NETWORK, USA Today, 29 July 2026
Definition of weekly
Noun
  • For tired flowering annuals, a more substantial mid-season trim can be rejuvenating and help extend the growing period.
    — Gemma Johnstone, The Spruce, 22 July 2026
  • Deadheading Every Plant While deadheading is beneficial for certain plants like petunias, many modern annuals are self-cleaning.
    — Shagun Khare, Martha Stewart, 18 July 2026
Definition of annual
Adjective
  • As the tournament started though, hotels lowered their prices but were still charging above average daily rates from the same time last year.
    — Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 25 July 2026
  • Immigrants without criminal records make up 74% of the average daily population in California detention centers and 79% nationwide.
    — Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026
Definition of daily
Noun
  • City law still requires newsstands to sell periodicals, but few bother for obvious reasons.
    — Anne Kadet, Curbed, 22 July 2026
  • The center’s resources—all free—include more than a million books and periodicals, with 400 terminals and 75 staff members available to help dig through them.
    — Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 June 2026
Definition of periodical
Adjective
  • Clean blinds weekly or biweekly to prevent dust buildup and maintain their appearance.
    — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 18 July 2026
  • Gary is revamping its year-old curbside recycling program, cutting back to a biweekly pickup schedule and placing an emphasis on reducing contamination of items placed in the bins.
    — Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2026
Definition of biweekly
Noun
  • Sony and Fujifilm also evacuated staff from their plants in the area, Nikkei newspaper reported.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 28 July 2026
  • Sacramento Bee print subscribers should see normal delivery of their newspapers on Tuesday in the wake of a press problem that forced cancellation of home and single-copy delivery on Monday.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 27 July 2026
Definition of newspaper

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