calendar month
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of calendar month
First recorded in 1780–90
Example Sentences
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This is the name given to the second full Moon in a calendar month.
From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2026
The default position would be that only one twelfth of last year's budget would be released each calendar month - without the increases due from the Treasury.
From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2025
The phrase does not describe the color of the moon; instead, it refers to the second full moon occurring in one calendar month.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2024
Instead, even while dropping the first two games post-break, they went 5-3-1 before the calendar month turned.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 3, 2024
Sutton was sentenced to one calendar month, and Styggles to seven days’ imprisonment.
From Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 by Mackie, Charles
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