quadrennium
noun
qua·dren·ni·um
kwä-ˈdre-nē-əm 
plural quadrenniums or quadrennia
kwä-ˈdre-nē-ə
: a period of four years
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Kohei Uchimura are the only two gymnasts to win every major international all-around title for an entire Olympic cycle, and Biles would have done it a second time this quadrennium if not for taking a year off after winning all of the things in the leadup to the Rio Games.
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Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 7 June 2021
Liukin, who trained at her parents’ World Olympic Gymnastics Academy facility in Plano, is also a nine-time world championships medalist in an elite-level tenure that spanned three Olympic quadrennium.
—Dallas News, 16 June 2022
In the world of skating, this is the start of a new Olympic quadrennium; many top competitors retired at the end of last season, their hopes either fulfilled or dashed.
—Joyce Rubin, Vogue, 28 Jan. 2023
After winning gold again in Pyeongchang, White’s original plan for this quadrennium was the Summer Olympics.
—Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2021
Gracenote forecasts Olympics medals tables using data from major international competitions during the quadrennium.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 July 2021
Russia by itself remained a planetary powerhouse but was slipping by the quadrennium from second in the medal count in 2000 to third in 2008 to fourth in 2016.
—BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2021
In total, the IOC is expected to bring in about $2 billion from global sponsors this quadrennium.
—Adam Epstein, Quartz, 2 June 2021
Nastia Liukin, who also trained at WOGA, was one of the most talented U.S. gymnasts in the quadrennium entering the 2004 Olympics in Athens.
—Callie Caplan, Dallas News, 23 July 2020
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Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 7 June 2021
Liukin, who trained at her parents’ World Olympic Gymnastics Academy facility in Plano, is also a nine-time world championships medalist in an elite-level tenure that spanned three Olympic quadrennium.
—Dallas News, 16 June 2022
In the world of skating, this is the start of a new Olympic quadrennium; many top competitors retired at the end of last season, their hopes either fulfilled or dashed.
—Joyce Rubin, Vogue, 28 Jan. 2023
After winning gold again in Pyeongchang, White’s original plan for this quadrennium was the Summer Olympics.
—Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2021
Gracenote forecasts Olympics medals tables using data from major international competitions during the quadrennium.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 July 2021
Russia by itself remained a planetary powerhouse but was slipping by the quadrennium from second in the medal count in 2000 to third in 2008 to fourth in 2016.
—BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2021
In total, the IOC is expected to bring in about $2 billion from global sponsors this quadrennium.
—Adam Epstein, Quartz, 2 June 2021
Nastia Liukin, who also trained at WOGA, was one of the most talented U.S. gymnasts in the quadrennium entering the 2004 Olympics in Athens.
—Callie Caplan, Dallas News, 23 July 2020
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“Quadrennium.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quadrennium. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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