years

plural of year

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for years
Noun
  • He was sentenced to serve seven days in a DUI education center and ordered to pay a $350 fine and court fees.
    Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The city must notify the state at least 90 days before the first day of the month in which the ordinance is effective.
    Vanessa Swales, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In an interview with Ars Technica, Fiaschetti said the company plans to keep Arcs in orbit for extended periods, ready to descend when called upon.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2025
  • During periods of intense rainfall, the risk of flooding increases, particularly in low-lying and flood-prone areas.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 4 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Sarah and Chris Cooper, innkeepers of the Margin Street Inn, explained the balance of life in a town where global celebrity meets generations of tradition.
    Bryan West, USA Today, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Many wisdoms intrinsic to permaculture long predate the term—it cannot be understated how much stems from indigenous knowledge and was passed down from generations before, from these ancestral stewards who listened to, and trusted, the land.
    Catherine Habgood September 29, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • All other ages were in single digits, SSA said.
    Medora Lee, USA Today, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Police discovered that two men, ages 37 and 41, had sustained gunshot wounds to the head.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • To promote what executives described as modern ways of working, Elanco changed blueprint plans several times over the course of half a decade.
    Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The federal government has either shut down or experienced funding gaps 14 times since 1980.
    Kevin Breuninger,Sam Meredith, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Billing cycles vary, so each individual SDG&E customer will not see the credit on their statements at the same time in October.
    Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
  • If Huang is right, that relentless demand means AI won’t follow the boom-and-bust cycles of earlier technologies but will instead drive a compounding need, one that will also boost Nvidia.
    Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2025
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“Years.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/years. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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