quadrennial
adjective
occurring every four years.
quadrennially
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a word derived from
quadrennial.
Example Sentences
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Our system affords us, thank goodness, a chance to change national direction every two years, and presidential leadership quadrennially.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 25, 2021
Winner of last year’s Gilmore Artist Award, given quadrennially to a pianist along with a $300,000 prize, Levit is among the most probing young artists in classical music.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 14, 2019
The candidates viewed Saturday night’s debate, held here on the small campus of Saint Anselm College that has quadrennially hosted presidential debates going back decades, as their most urgent of their eight debates so far.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 6, 2016
For reasons as difficult to identify as the gradations of excellence that turn silver to gold, sports fans quadrennially bestow their affection on an elfin gymnast.
From Time Magazine Archive
The will of the American people is ascertainable, and quadrennially announced, through certain prescribed methods.
From The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. Blount
