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
  • In recent days, though, broadcasters have predicted the spectacle will cause the regular half-time break to be extended, much to the annoyance of soccer purists.
    Ben Church, CNN Money, 19 July 2026
  • Since a June 9 flight from Los Angeles to Mexico City ahead of the tournament's opening match, the aircraft averaged more than one flight a day and on multiple days made more than three, according to flight-tracking site FlightAware.
    ABC News, ABC News, 19 July 2026
Noun
  • Herod the Great later rebuilt it, renamed it Sebastia, and added monumental structures that survived through the Roman, Byzantine, Arab and Crusader periods.
    Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
  • The remaining cases include alleged identity and immigration fraud, concealed criminal histories, and crimes committed during periods in which applicants were required to demonstrate good moral character.
    Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 20 July 2026
Noun
  • What began as a public hospital has evolved into one of the nation’s leading academic health systems — advancing groundbreaking research, educating generations of physicians and caregivers, and providing world-class care to patients.
    Pradeep Khosla, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 July 2026
  • Parenting advice has changed so much in even the last two decades that folks from older generations who raised seemingly healthy kids might feel left behind, embarrassed by their outdated opinions, or defensive of their own parenting choices.
    Parents, Parents, 16 July 2026
Noun
  • Their soft tissue powderized ages ago, and some bones are now missing, including all of the princesses’ skulls.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 17 July 2026
  • This summer, people of all ages are getting an opportunity to wade and cool off in the river at a downtown park.
    Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026
Noun
  • After letting go of the minor, Schmidt yelled at both his parents and Pambianchi for the remainder of the evening, aggressively getting into Pambianchi's face multiple times.
    Gabe White, Arkansas Online, 21 July 2026
  • Palace’s Ismaila Sarr, Daichi Kamada and Daniel Munoz all got on the scoresheet multiple times for Senegal, Japan and Colombia.
    Mark Carey, New York Times, 21 July 2026
Noun
  • Employers are already feeling it in longer hiring cycles and rising recruiting costs.
    Svenja Gudell, Fortune, 18 July 2026
  • Engineers could move more quickly from sketches to testable 3D designs, reducing development costs, shortening design cycles, and exploring a wider range of ideas without creating large amounts of new training data.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 18 July 2026

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“Years.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/years. Accessed 21 Jul. 2026.

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