fortnightly
Americanadjective
adverb
noun
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fortnightlies
plural
adjective
adverb
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Origin of fortnightly
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The site's operator said monitoring continued to be done on a fortnightly basis.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2025
These claimants require significant support from a work coach, including meeting weekly for the first 13 weeks of their claim, and either weekly or fortnightly after that.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2025
Evyatar is a former news editor and columnist at the Jerusalem Post, and the former editor in chief of its fortnightly magazine, the Jerusalem Report.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2025
EMA is a fortnightly payment of £80 to 16 to 18-year-olds who stay on in education after the end of compulsory school-leaving age.
From BBC ● Jan. 26, 2025
Now they were demanding monthly and even fortnightly reports, and pestered him constantly about the wisdom of his pessimism.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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