years

plural of year

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of years Ten years ago, on Mother’s Day, Fiona Galvin reported her 17-year-old daughter missing. Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2026 Over the past 10 years, Quinn has seen an increase in challenging behavior and more emotions among her 6- and 7-year-olds, with a particular ramp-up since the pandemic. Stacker, Hartford Courant, 9 May 2026 The trial was delayed for years because of multiple postponements, defense challenges over the use of DNA evidence, and the efforts of prosecutors to reconstruct events involving multiple victims across a five-year timeline. Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026 The 308-pound calf was the first elephant born at the zoo in almost 25 years and only the third elephant birth in the zoo’s 136-year history. Michael E. Ruane, Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2026 The event has been held annually for the past fifteen years, but this year there was an extra layer of sombreness to the proceedings, which the overcast skies seemed to reflect. Edwidge Danticat, New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2026 Coming off a career-high 73 points and just 24 years old on a $7 million-per-year deal (a bargain relative to Kaprizov's soon-to-be $17 million per year), Boldy is entering his prime and the Wild are looking for big things from him. Michael Russo, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for years
Noun
  • Colt’s father, Colin Gray, was sentenced to 15 years in prison two days later, as his lawyer announced plans to appeal.
    Isabel Rosales, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Four accounts across four services were involved, and Hugging Face’s forensic timeline documents 17,600 distinct actions across four days.
    Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • While specific measures vary from site to site, employees are given ready access to energy drinks and can move shift times to earlier or later in the day to avoid periods of peak heat.
    Oliver Balch, Fortune, 27 July 2026
  • Between those planning periods, employees change jobs and health plans change.
    Jengyu Lai, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Noun
  • For generations, winemaking has been deeply woven into French culture and heritage.
    Martina Di Licosa, CBS News, 31 July 2026
  • Unlike gene-editing embryos, these changes aren’t passed to future generations.
    Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 31 July 2026
Noun
  • More than 20 people were shot, including nine children whose ages ranged from 6 to 15.
    Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026
  • Louise Watley Library will host a break from the heat in the form of a relaxing coloring program geared toward all ages several times throughout the month.
    Elizabeth Green, AJC.com, 30 July 2026
Noun
  • To anyone within the beam, the satellite will reflect sunlight four times brighter than a full Moon.
    Chris Young July 28, Refractor, 28 July 2026
  • Standard Chartered's Geoff Kendrick found stablecoin turnover running at about six times a month, roughly double two years ago.
    Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
Noun
  • Their strength has always been their ability to think beyond election cycles, market fluctuations, technological fads, and the crises of the moment.
    David Rosowsky, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Troubles with its property tax system upgrade delayed some distributions from recent billing cycles at Treasurer Maria Pappas’ office while pushing this year’s cycle two months later.
    Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026

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“Years.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/years. Accessed 2 Aug. 2026.

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