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Recent Examples of years
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.
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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
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
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Patel flew to Milan for the last few days of the Olympics on Thursday, reportedly taking the bureau’s jet for the trip.—
Zach LaChance,
The Washington Examiner,
23 Feb. 2026
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Two months and three days after getting married, the 26-year-old from South Carolina has another memory to last a lifetime after winning for the first time on the PGA Tour and threatening the tournament scoring record at the Genesis Invitational.—
Steve Galluzzo,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Feb. 2026
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According to a family statement, the couple have been held for extended periods without being able to communicate.—
Reuters,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
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Ficke was Moe’s right-hand man with the Nuggets from 1982-84, the Abbott to his Costello, at the start of one of the most successful — and absolutely bonkers — periods of the team’s history.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
18 Feb. 2026
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The play spoke eloquently to its own time but continued to provoke and inform in subsequent generations.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
22 Feb. 2026
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Katy Banks can trace her flourishing Arlington, Virginia garden of over 400 rosebushes back to a single bucket of blooms that was a gift from her grandmother, who was the first in her family’s three generations of rose growers.—
Symiah Dorsey,
Southern Living,
22 Feb. 2026
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That’s the message from a new AARP survey of American voters, with a focus on women ages 50 and over.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
16 Feb. 2026
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The Ski & Ride School offers group and private lessons for all ages, with age-specific kids’ programs, camps, and adaptive instruction.—
Denny Lee,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Feb. 2026
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By Sunday evening, one post had been viewed more than 800,000 times.—
Greg O'Keeffe,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2026
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The problem is our daughter has a very good job that involves travel daily and at times overnight.—
Eric Thomas,
Sun Sentinel,
22 Feb. 2026
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The resulting surface maintained superomniphobicity at up to 400% strain and through more than 5,000 stretch cycles.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Feb. 2026
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The county had already faced several tough budget cycles in recent years due to slow property tax revenue growth and ballooning labor costs before the recent cuts to the federal Medicaid program further stressed the county’s coffers.—
Grace Hase,
Mercury News,
16 Feb. 2026
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“Years.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/years. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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