calendar year
noun
1
: a period of a year beginning and ending with the dates that are conventionally accepted as marking the beginning and end of a numbered year
2
: a period of time equal in length to that of the year in the calendar conventionally in use
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There are typically two eclipse seasons each calendar year.
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Jamie Carter, Space.com, 13 Feb. 2026
Niang was traded four times in the last calendar year, going from Cleveland to Atlanta to Boston to Utah to Memphis, where he was finally waived.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 11 Feb. 2026
In Gallup’s roughly 80 years of polling, Trump’s approval toward the end of his first calendar year in office (36%) was lower than any other incoming president at the same point in time (only matched by Trump himself in his first term).
—Craig Gilbert, jsonline.com, 9 Feb. 2026
Hours later, the Senate voted to pass a bill proposing near-complete conformity with those federal cuts starting retroactively with calendar year 2025.
—Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 7 Feb. 2026
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Jamie Carter, Space.com, 13 Feb. 2026
Niang was traded four times in the last calendar year, going from Cleveland to Atlanta to Boston to Utah to Memphis, where he was finally waived.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 11 Feb. 2026
In Gallup’s roughly 80 years of polling, Trump’s approval toward the end of his first calendar year in office (36%) was lower than any other incoming president at the same point in time (only matched by Trump himself in his first term).
—Craig Gilbert, jsonline.com, 9 Feb. 2026
Hours later, the Senate voted to pass a bill proposing near-complete conformity with those federal cuts starting retroactively with calendar year 2025.
—Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 7 Feb. 2026
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“Calendar year.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/calendar%20year. Accessed 17 Feb. 2026.
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