twelvemonth
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The other three gain and lose little more than a twelvemonth on him.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 23, 2013
A twelvemonth sinceI knew her not at all.Our hearths were crowded thenbut now it is fittingthat one of them bides cold.A fire shared is a fire cheaper by far.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 28, 2010
Within the same twelvemonth Drought and AAA's corn-hog program reduced the number of hogs 35%, from 57,177,000 to 37,007,000, smallest in 50 years.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the past twelvemonth the nation's psychological climate had changed significantly.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mr. LaForge, as we have just seen, lived hardly a year after Mr. Macy's death in Paris, and Mr. Valentine died less than a twelvemonth later—on February 15, 1879.
From The Romance of a Great Store by Edward Hungerford
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