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
  • On especially warm days, consider a beer slushie instead of a traditional pour.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Existing law also blocks most states from systematically purging voters from their rolls within 90 days of an election, said David Becker, an election law expert who leads the Center for Election Innovation and Research.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Nolo will unleash bands of intense showers and thunderstorms onto the Big Island of Hawaii on Friday night, and periods of heavy rain will continue across Maui County over the weekend.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 26 Sep. 2026
  • During those periods, almost all of the job growth went to workers with the highest level of education, but this time around things are different.
    — Kevin Williams, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Rebuild Albina is 1803’s first project, focusing on transforming current and future generations of the community through investments in education, place, culture and belonging in the Albina area.
    — Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026
  • As cofounder and frontwoman of the Bags and the Alice Bag Band in the ‘70s and early ‘80s, the pioneering Chicana icon has served as inspiration for generations of women in rock music.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • As ballot stations opened in Casablanca and Rabat, voters of various ages formed small but continuous lines to cast their ballots.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The all-ages event is $10 per person and free for children 2 and younger.
    — Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The chips are power-hungry (a ChatGPT AI query consumes about ten times as much energy as a normal Google search) and also generate a lot of heat, which requires cooling systems.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Raynor went 21 of 40 for 205 yards for Iowa State and Aiden Flora ran 13 times for 54 yards and caught five passes for 53.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Lithium-ion is typically replaced or augmented every seven to ten years, at 8,000 to 10,000 cycles, and an Aqueous Metal Cell installation is designed to run the full life of the project around it.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2026
  • The underlying motivation for African policymakers is to untether their economies from commodity cycles and, by extension, the upheavals that come with them.
    — Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 25 Sep. 2026

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“Years.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/years. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

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