year

noun

Definition of yearnext
as in day

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Recent Examples of year About 788,000 workers a year made similar moves between 2019 and 2022, during the pandemic, without lasting damage, the report notes. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2026 Kansas City police are attempting to find the family of a 5-year-old child who was found at a gas station on Friday afternoon. — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2026 They may have been kept open throughout the year for rituals commemorating important dates and festivals, as well as the worshipping of the dead. — Jacqueline Ortoleva, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2026 The Noah's Ark Research Project, supported by Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen University, has spent the last year collecting soil samples at the Durupınar site near Mount Ararat in eastern Turkey. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for year
Recent Examples of Synonyms for year
  1. day
  2. period
  3. time
  4. cycle
  5. generation
  6. era
Noun
  • Mbappé did, however, post a video of himself cycling on social media over the weekend, days after his Real Madrid manager, José Mourinho, said that activity is one soccer players should avoid.
    — Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Some 10 days after the attack, the soldiers were loaded onto a cargo plane.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of day
Noun
  • Each episode follows one garden over an extended period, capturing animal behavior rarely witnessed by human eyes – from raising families and defending territories to hunting, courting and surviving the changing seasons.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Only 1,221 entered over the same period, through subsidiaries, factories or representative offices, the fewest on record outside the Covid-19 pandemic.
    — Anniek Bao,Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of period
Noun
  • Bryan pushed back at the time, arguing that the song spoke to both sides of the aisle and urging fans not to let social media narratives divide them.
    — Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The last time the Congress voted to go to year-round Daylight Saving Time was during the Nixon years.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of time
Noun
  • The center now gives Toyota a dedicated US facility where batteries can be examined across more of their development cycle rather than focusing only on finished packs or vehicles.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026
  • This is also the first congressional election cycle since George Soros transferred control of his political operation to Alex in 2023.
    — Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of cycle
Noun
  • Far beyond art Fine art accounts for only 28% of what wealthy Gen Z collectors spend across art and collectibles, the lowest share of any generation.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Earnings versus cash flows Dalio also cautioned that investors may be overlooking the risk of deteriorating corporate cash generation, even as headline earnings continue to improve.
    — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of generation
Noun
  • Moore has publicly endorsed the use of smelling salts by football players, singing their praises in a 2024 Wall Street Journal article about their popularity among UM players during the Jim Harbaugh era.
    — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 8 Oct. 2026
  • This time last year, Deadline profiled Shaka iLembe, the South African-shot story of King Shaka, the famous pre-colonial era Zulu ruler.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of era

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“Year.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/year. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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