plural months
ˈmən(t)s 
ˈmən(t)ths
1
: a measure of time corresponding nearly to the period of the moon's revolution and amounting to approximately 4 weeks or 30 days or 1/12 of a year
2
months plural
: an indefinite usually extended period of time
He has been gone for months.
3
: one ninth of the typical duration of human pregnancy
She was in her eighth month.
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Examples of month in a Sentence
July is my favorite month.
It was hard to keep warm in the cabin during the winter months.
the merry month of May
I saw her last month and I'll see her again next month.
The price sometimes changes dramatically from one month to the next.
He was gone for a month.
She was back to work a month after the accident.
He's been gone for months.
I haven't talked to her in months.
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Nine months after Harold's death, Nicholson was monitoring a call where investigators were dispatched to a break-in at Marsha's.
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Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
Seven months later, just eleven kilometres from the coral garden, a blowout on BP’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig caused an explosion that killed eleven workers and sent oil gushing up from the seafloor.
—Jeffrey Marlow, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
Inter Miami’s new home that seemingly took forever to get built went up in only 16 months, ground-breaking to Saturday.
—Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
Bloomberg reported last month that xAI had posted a job listing looking for Wall Street bankers, portfolio managers, traders, and credit analysts to help teach the tool about the world of financial services.
—Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 5 Apr. 2026
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Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
Seven months later, just eleven kilometres from the coral garden, a blowout on BP’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig caused an explosion that killed eleven workers and sent oil gushing up from the seafloor.
—Jeffrey Marlow, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
Inter Miami’s new home that seemingly took forever to get built went up in only 16 months, ground-breaking to Saturday.
—Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
Bloomberg reported last month that xAI had posted a job listing looking for Wall Street bankers, portfolio managers, traders, and credit analysts to help teach the tool about the world of financial services.
—Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 5 Apr. 2026
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“Month.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/month. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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