biennium
Americannoun
plural
bienniums, bienniaEtymology
Origin of biennium
1895–1900; < Latin, equivalent to bi- bi- 1 + -enn- (combining form of annus year) + -ium -ium
Example Sentences
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The forecast for the current 2023-25 biennium is also rosy, with corporate income taxes helping to boost the state’s general fund resources by $437 million.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 9, 2023
Allowance auctions could raise an additional $1 billion or more over the biennium.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 6, 2023
Hernandez said the letter ignores that lawmakers have set aside funds to air condition Texas prisons, including $85 million allocated for the upcoming biennium.
From Salon • Aug. 22, 2023
But just as the program got to 24 full-time employees, the state opted not to renew its funding in its 2023-25 biennium budget.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 21, 2023
Alterum, De Nebulosa in Andromeda Cinguli parte Borea, ante biennium iterum orta.
From Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society - Vol 1 - 1666 Giving some Accompt of the present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours of the Ingenious in many considerable parts of the World by Oldenburg, Henry
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