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Recent Examples of semiweekly
Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2025
On a semiweekly podcast hosted by the conservative Web site the Dispatch, Bishop Seitz suggested that Vance was poorly informed about both Aquinas and the Church’s work.
—Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 11 Feb. 2025
Evolution of the game Our semiweekly pickup game has seen several transformations.
—Richie Zweigenhaft, The Conversation, 22 Jan. 2025
For your semiweekly update on rainfall and drought conditions, one piece of good news is that the wildfire blazes and smoke plumes in Virginia have been fully contained with help from recent rains.
—A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2023
Cancer patient turned away Scheduled for semiweekly lab work, Christina Campbell’s mother is a cancer patient who relies on Kaiser services for treatment.
—Jennifer Korn, CNN, 5 Oct. 2023
After Friday, unvaccinated workers who won’t submit to semiweekly coronavirus testing will be placed on unpaid leave.
—From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 15 Oct. 2021
Adjective
Ohtani resumed semiweekly bullpens once the regular season started — lighter sessions on Wednesdays followed by more intensive ones on the weekends — and had been increasing the number of pitches in his bullpens over recent weeks.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2025
On a semiweekly podcast hosted by the conservative Web site the Dispatch, Bishop Seitz suggested that Vance was poorly informed about both Aquinas and the Church’s work.
—Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 11 Feb. 2025
Evolution of the game Our semiweekly pickup game has seen several transformations.
—Richie Zweigenhaft, The Conversation, 22 Jan. 2025
For your semiweekly update on rainfall and drought conditions, one piece of good news is that the wildfire blazes and smoke plumes in Virginia have been fully contained with help from recent rains.
—A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2023
Cancer patient turned away Scheduled for semiweekly lab work, Christina Campbell’s mother is a cancer patient who relies on Kaiser services for treatment.
—Jennifer Korn, CNN, 5 Oct. 2023
After Friday, unvaccinated workers who won’t submit to semiweekly coronavirus testing will be placed on unpaid leave.
—From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 15 Oct. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for semiweekly
Adjective
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Addressed is a weekly column about the act of getting dressed.—
Laia Garcia-Furtado,
Vogue,
9 Dec. 2025
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Get inspired by a weekly roundup on living well, made simple.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
9 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Tuesday’s earnings marked Live Nation’s first quarterly since the antitrust decision last month, where a jury determined that the company violated antitrust laws and functioned as a monopoly.—
Ethan Millman,
HollywoodReporter,
5 May 2026
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In the Haymarket, one of Beaverbrook’s first-floor suites, vintage Oscar Wilde posters coexist with a hardbound edition of the defunct British quarterly The Yellow Book.—
Sheila Yasmin Marikar,
Air Mail,
24 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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JioHotstar serves more than 500 million monthly average users and carries a library of over 300,000 hours of programming across 19 languages.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
11 June 2026
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All else equal, ballooning America’s national debt should drive up the government’s borrowing costs and lead to higher interest rates for consumers, who would feel the pinch in their monthly mortgage and credit card payments.—
Ben Ritz,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
Noun
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Welcome to the daily Inside Scoop newsletter.—
Yasmin Vossoughian,
NBC news,
11 June 2026
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Both Israel and Hezbollah — which was not party to the ceasefire — accuse each other daily of violating the truce.—
Khaled Wassef,
CBS News,
3 June 2026
Adjective
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In the dog days of August in Washington, D.C., with Congress off on its district-work period, the House still convenes biweekly pro-forma sessions, in which a handful of straggler representatives assemble in front of an empty chamber.—
Antonia Hitchens,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
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Try our biweekly grid game Telematrix.—
Britina Cheng,
Vulture,
10 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The semimonthly newspaper was filled with poetry, speeches, editorials, articles, household tips and minutes from the church’s all-female Relief Society meetings.—
Becky Jacobs,
The Salt Lake Tribune,
1 Oct. 2020
Adjective
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This is the latest installment of our bimonthly column Crews on Cruise, spotlighting the people who work behind the scenes of the world’s most memorable voyages—from bartenders and entertainers to ship captains and expedition leaders.—
Ashlea Halpern,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 May 2026
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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
Noun
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Galaxy, Analog, and Amazing Stories, those three periodicals – and our bathroom was piled high.—
Ben Mankiewicz,
CBS News,
7 June 2026
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Heuermann is an avid ready of books and periodicals, Toulon told ABC News.—
Aaron Katersky,
ABC News,
4 June 2026
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“Semiweekly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/semiweekly. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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