yearlong
See also: year-long
English
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[edit]yearlong (not comparable)
- Lasting one year; of a timespan of one year.
- 1976, Jean-Paul Dumont, Under the rainbow: nature and supernature among the Panare Indians, page 81:
- Both are congruent with a yearlong periodicity, which is apparently neutralized in the main settlement.
- 2003, Richard A. Simon with James F. Newman, Making time to lead: how principals can stay on top of it all, page 3:
- By saving your entire file of daily and weekly lists, you will create your yearlong list.
- Which lasts throughout every year; which is not seasonal
- 1957, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs:
- Yearlong manning is needed, although at a somewhat reduced level from the peak periods in the fall.
- 2002, Barbara Taylor, P. David Pearson, Teaching reading: effective schools, accomplished teachers, page 37:
- During interviews, teachers and/or principals in three of the four most effective schools cited a yearlong staff development effort.
- 1957, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs:
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[edit]lasting one year, or approximately so; of or relating to a timespan of one year
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Adverb
[edit]yearlong (not comparable)
- (chiefly agriculture) Per year.
- 1939, Hugh Hammond Bennett, Soil conservation, page 807:
- The estimate of the number of sheep and cattle now using this range is equivalent to 250000 cattle units yearlong
- 1946, U.S. Committee on Public Lands and Surveys, Administration and use of public lands: Parts 5-9:
- The carrying capacity of this area is 46 cattle yearlong.
- Throughout every year; not seasonally
- 1979, Marion Clawson, The western range livestock industry, page 73:
- Over much of the Great Plains, water was not available yearlong for units of land as small as the customary ownership units
- 1989, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, Additions to the national wilderness preservation system, volume 2, page 898:
- Black bear and mountain goats occur in the area yearlong.