yearlong

adjective

year·​long ˈyir-ˈlȯŋ How to pronounce yearlong (audio)
: lasting through a year

Examples of yearlong in a Sentence

She went on a yearlong sabbatical.
Recent Examples on the Web The world's oceans have consistently been breaking daily heat records since early 2023, a yearlong fever that has climate scientists, coral reef experts and even hurricane forecasters concerned and dismayed. Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 2 June 2024 In early December 2021, the Ethiopian government pulled off a dramatic reversal in its yearlong civil war with rebels from the Tigray region. Marc Lynch, Foreign Affairs, 22 Feb. 2022 Still, this new attack is an escalation in DeSantis’s bizarre, yearlong war with Disney World. Tori Otten, The New Republic, 22 Aug. 2023 Mackenzie had just graduated from high school, only two days after delivering a eulogy at the funeral of her father, Bill, the Bruins’ former defensive coordinator who was laid to rest in his native New Jersey after a nearly yearlong battle with cancer. Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2023 See all Example Sentences for yearlong 

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Word History

First Known Use

1813, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of yearlong was in 1813

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“Yearlong.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yearlong. Accessed 30 Jun. 2024.

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