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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
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
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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Every Friday morning, the weekly Fortune 500 Power Moves column tracks Fortune 500 company C-suite shifts—see the most recent edition.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
11 Nov. 2025
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Get weekly deals, trends and product recommendations from USA TODAY Shopping delivered straight to your inbox.—
Marina Johnson,
IndyStar,
11 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Those water and sewer rates are based on an average monthly use rate of 4,000 gallons.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
9 Nov. 2025
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The twists and turns since have exacerbated uncertainty for the nearly 1 in 8 Americans who receive monthly SNAP benefits to spend at grocery stores and farmer’s markets.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
8 Nov. 2025
Noun
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However, heavy spenders who consistently exceed $3,000 quarterly in dining, airfare, or hotels may find the caps limiting.—
Jeff Fromm,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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During his first term, Trump publicly asked the SEC on X, then still known as Twitter, to study shifting company disclosures from a quarterly to semiannual basis, stating business leaders felt less frequent reporting would allow for greater flexibility and long-term planning.—
Nino Paoli,
Fortune,
15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The fight over food benefits has become a central flashpoint between all three branches of government during the historically long shutdown as one of the clearest and most tangible ways the impasse is affecting Americans’ daily lives.—
Danya Gainor,
CNN Money,
10 Nov. 2025
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That figure aligns with expectations for a typical vehicle lifespan and suggests that hybrid batteries remain reliable for many years of daily use.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Our data shows that not only did biweekly price increases surged ~5x after Liberation Day, but that the number of product categories affected by the price increases also surged (~28 percent to ~42 percent).—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Oct. 2025
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According to the outlet, Spears had been making biweekly payments of $10,000 to Federline.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Studies on bohemianism tend to emphasize the primacy of cities, where radical and eclectic ideas were shared through newspapers, literary periodicals, coffeehouses, bars, cafés, bookstores, and art galleries.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Oct. 2025
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Written and directed by Mickey Reece (Climate of the Hunter, Mickey Reece’s Alien), Every Heavy Thing stars Josh Fadem (Twin Peaks, Better Call Saul, 30 Rock) as a mild-mannered ad salesperson for an online periodical, who witnesses a murder and spirals into paranoia.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The plan at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro offers monthly or semimonthly payments.—
DANIELLE DOUGLAS-GABRIEL THE WASHINGTON POST,
Arkansas Online,
16 Sep. 2023
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Generally, semimonthly deposits of excise taxes are required.—
Lynn Mucenski Keck,
Forbes,
25 July 2022
Noun
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Formal inquiries began after complaints that personal information shared only in private realms was routinely exposed on the front pages of national newspapers, causing distress and compromising the safety of those targeted.—
Charlotte Reck,
CNN Money,
9 Nov. 2025
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Organic mulches include straw, pine needles, wood chips and bark, shredded leaves, and layers of newspaper.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Semiweekly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/semiweekly. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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