How to Use biannual in a Sentence
biannual
adjective- The art show is a biannual event that won't happen again for two more years.
- The group holds biannual meetings in December and July.
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Men's street style during the biannual fashion show seasons is a tale of two extremes.
— Dan Roberts, GQ, 11 July 2017 -
The industry's most important dates are the biannual couture weeks in Paris.
— Clive Martin, CNN, 6 July 2017 -
The biannual event is designed to educate Latino students and their families.
— Laura Groch, sandiegouniontribune.com, 28 Sep. 2017 -
The curious thing about this move is it currently is slotted to use Washington's biannual exception — which, if it does get used, would leave the Wizards hard-capped.
— Tim Bontemps, chicagotribune.com, 5 July 2017 -
Democrats have begun their biannual tradition of biting their nails down to the cuticles, a level of nervousness some in the party said falls short of a true reflection of Harris' chances.
— Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2024 -
Most of the rest of us are set to repeat the biannual dance.
— TIME, 9 Mar. 2024 -
For the design world, this biannual fair is the biggest event of the season.
— Madeleine Luckel, Vogue, 23 Jan. 2018 -
All thats left, of course, is Paris to close out the biannual ready-to-wear collections.
— Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country, 26 Sep. 2022 -
The biannual show circuit feels like a circus, to be sure.
— Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 21 Jan. 2019 -
That’s less than once a year in the church’s biannual gatherings.
— David Noyce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Feb. 2022 -
Men’s Fashion Week and the biannual menswear trade show, Pitti Uomo, is off to the races.
— Christina Holevas, Vogue, 10 Jan. 2024 -
The lots were acquired as part of the 2017 biannual Cook County tax scavenger sale.
— Corilyn Shropshire, chicagotribune.com, 1 May 2018 -
On May 30, the day before the biannual session ended, Democrats in the Texas House abruptly walked out of the chamber.
— Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News, 10 June 2021 -
The Lightfoot award is a biannual prize first given in 2018 to Thomas Pynchon.
— Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2020 -
The biannual honors list is released on the Queen's official birthday in June and at the end of each year.
— NBC News, 29 Dec. 2017 -
And for a limited time, the now-famous loafers are on sale and up to 20 percent off as part of the brand’s massive biannual sale.
— Jessica Leigh Mattern, PEOPLE.com, 12 May 2020 -
The farm — which hasn’t operated as such in decades — is home to one of the about 80 antiques show venues that make up the biannual Round Top Antiques Show.
— Dallas News, 1 July 2021 -
Congress has the final say on whether to end the biannual time shifts that occur each year from March to November.
— al, 7 May 2021 -
No matter where the Ravens and Bengals end up in the division this year, Sunday’s game looks like the first round of a biannual heavyweight bout.
— Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 22 Oct. 2021 -
Tuesday’s report is the first of a series of biannual reports on the progress of meeting these targets.
— Chantelle Lee, TIME, 21 May 2024 -
When fall color peaks, the views are stunning, and the most unique way to see the foliage is during the biannual whitewater release.
— Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 2 Sep. 2024 -
When fall color peaks, the views are stunning, and the most unique way to see the foliage is during the biannual whitewater release.
— Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2023 -
The next edition of the biannual showcase is slated for February for the fall season.
— Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 17 Oct. 2024 -
Other states have flirted with the idea of dropping the biannual time change, to varying degrees of success.
— Brett Clarkson, Sun-Sentinel.com, 3 Nov. 2017 -
Chu, who wants to keep the clocks fixed ahead an hour on daylight-saving time, said dropping the biannual time switch is not just about convenience.
— Melody Gutierrez, SFChronicle.com, 21 June 2018 -
Chu says the biannual time switches are bad for people’s health and that there’s widespread support for more daylight in evening hours.
— Melody Gutierrez, SFChronicle.com, 3 July 2018 -
The best numbers on the subject come from the biannual Gallup study of employee engagement.
— Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 1 May 2023 -
The Blazers still have the biannual exception, which starts at $3.6 million.
— oregonlive, 20 Nov. 2020
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