year

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Recent Examples of year Seriously, though, the Rams seem to have a good shot at representing the NFC after falling just short this year and with reigning league MVP Matthew Stafford definitely coming back for at least one more season. Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026 Corbett, who signed a one-year, $3 million contract last offseason, could return as a valuable depth piece. Joseph Person, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026 Panahi, who was recently sentenced in absentia in Iran to one year in prison, was among the signatories. Jack Dunn, Variety, 1 Feb. 2026 No final decision has been taken, but the float may come as soon as this year. The Week Uk, TheWeek, 1 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for year
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Noun
  • Kaley watched an average of four minutes and 9 seconds of videos recommended by YouTube’s autoplay feature per day, Li said.
    CNN.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Doyle says the lookout’s closure had cut business at Christina’s Cafe to three or four customers per day, killing her profit margin.
    Trista Kurniawan, CNN Money, 11 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • If passed, the bill would allow residential ratepayers to be placed on budget billing plans on July 1, and utilities will be prohibited from disconnecting low-income customers’ services during periods with extreme heat warnings.
    Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The bracelet wasn’t the only piece of period jewelry Robbie wore on the London carpet.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 5 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • This long-term approach allowed scientists to account for changes in coffee and tea consumption over time, while monitoring for both clinical dementia diagnoses and subtle shifts in cognitive function.
    Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Over time, Warren began to incorporate other martial arts disciplines like Judo and Aikido to teach his students to be well-rounded enough to react to any situation.
    Everett Eaton, jsonline.com, 10 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • And the narrative is eking out slowly, defying the notion that contemporary scandals are contained within brief news cycles.
    Ben Smith, semafor.com, 9 Feb. 2026
  • This year’s election cycle is different from the 2024 election in that economic concerns are top of mind for voters instead of cultural battles, as was the case two years ago.
    David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 9 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Wright cited statistics showing that natural gas -- long the nation's leading source of electricity -- provided 43% of electric power at peak generation during the storm, followed by coal at 24% and nuclear at 15%.
    MATTHEW DALY, Arkansas Online, 8 Feb. 2026
  • That second-generation design became the foundation for Helix, the aircraft Pivotal now offers for sale.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Particularly in the era of LLM chatbots, which will flatter us and every one of our thoughts in conversation, self-inflicting this type of harsh criticism upon ourselves and our cherished ideas may seem especially unnerving.
    Big Think, Big Think, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Clayton Kershaw, a Hall of Fame lock in any era, will debut on the 2031 ballot.
    Jayson Stark, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2026

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“Year.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/year. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.

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