calendar month
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of calendar month
First recorded in 1780–90
Example Sentences
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It is also the only calendar month where the average performance for all four indexes is negative.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
With 38C predicted later in the week, a fourth calendar month will be added to that total.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Meta says those who hit the "free monthly usage limit" will have to wait for their free hours to refresh each calendar month unless they subscribe.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
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
Take the instance of the elderly man who had been dying suddenly for twenty years; whose last moments would probably amount to a calendar month, and his farewell words to an octavo volume.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866 by Various
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