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
Betts, whose 51 hits in August set a franchise record for a calendar month, has driven in 98 runs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2023
He finished the month with seven homers, nine doubles and 22 RBI, and his 1.071 OPS is the highest OPS in any full calendar month of his career.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 30, 2023
Each month usually hosts only one full moon, but blue moons sometimes arise because the lunar cycle is 29.5 days long — just short of the length of an average calendar month.
From New York Times ● Aug. 29, 2023
Alcibiade stood in high favour, and received in wages thirty dollars per calendar month, or an average rate of twenty-two shillings and sixpence a week.
From A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France by Duthie, William
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