Yearlong
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Full definition of yearlong
Adjective
yearlong
- Lasting one year, or approximately so; of or relating to a timespan of one year.
- 1976, Jean-Paul Dumont, Under the rainbow: nature and supernature among the Panare Indians, Both are congruent with a yearlong periodicity, which is apparently neutralized in the main settlement.
- 2003, Richard A. Simon, Making time to lead: how principals can stay on top of it all, 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 and 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.
Usage notes
Often used in compounds as: a five-yearlong tour of duty.
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yearlong
- Per year (mostly used to discuss animal farming)
- 1939, Hugh Hammond Bennett, Soil conservation, 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, 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, Black bear and mountain goats occur in the area yearlong.