year

noun

Definition of yearnext
as in day

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Recent Examples of year About 788,000 workers a year made similar moves between 2019 and 2022, during the pandemic, without lasting damage, the report notes. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2026 Kansas City police are attempting to find the family of a 5-year-old child who was found at a gas station on Friday afternoon. — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2026 They may have been kept open throughout the year for rituals commemorating important dates and festivals, as well as the worshipping of the dead. — Jacqueline Ortoleva, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2026 The Noah's Ark Research Project, supported by Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen University, has spent the last year collecting soil samples at the Durupınar site near Mount Ararat in eastern Turkey. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for year
Recent Examples of Synonyms for year
  1. day
  2. period
  3. time
  4. cycle
  5. generation
  6. era
Noun
  • Meta’s latest announcement comes at the same time that OpenAI is holding its developer day.
    — Isabel O'Brien, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Sarandos was a voracious consumer of movies and television, a passion that stretched back to his days working at home-video stores.
    — Preston Fore, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of day
Noun
  • One recent three-month period saw the release of three film adaptations of acclaimed novels in which ghosts played a starring role.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Performance sneaker sales have been a bright spot for growth in an otherwise dour period for the athletic footwear industry.
    — Sara Germano, Sportico.com, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of period
Noun
  • Bryan pushed back at the time, arguing that the song spoke to both sides of the aisle and urging fans not to let social media narratives divide them.
    — Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The last time the Congress voted to go to year-round Daylight Saving Time was during the Nixon years.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of time
Noun
  • The center now gives Toyota a dedicated US facility where batteries can be examined across more of their development cycle rather than focusing only on finished packs or vehicles.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026
  • This is also the first congressional election cycle since George Soros transferred control of his political operation to Alex in 2023.
    — Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of cycle
Noun
  • The measure would require state regulators to consider standards for certain new data centers to cover generation, transmission, and infrastructure upgrade costs, but would not mandate them.
    — Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The problem of longevity possesses philosophical and practical contradictions, now heightened by the gradual disappearance of artists of Serra’s generation and the uncertain posthumous legacy of their work.
    — Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of generation
Noun
  • That her means of exit is abandoning her newborn twins is less than sympathetic, but in a different era Cathy would have options beyond a domesticity that never suited her in the first place.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The challenge now is making sure the album has enough time to establish its own identity instead of getting lost in that quick turnaround or blending with the Something Beautiful era.
    — Christopher Claxton, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of era

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“Year.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/year. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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