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Crime in Chicago is a year-round business, and Spot News is one of its oldest customers.
Chicago’s Real-Life 'Nightcrawler'|Justin Glawe|November 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Combined, those give the planet a year-round surface temperature hot enough to melt lead.
What Does the Discovery of “Another Earth” Mean for Us?|Matthew R. Francis|April 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In 2001, Krasnodar formed a partnership with Sochi to build a year-round ski resort in the latter.
Putin's Criminal Olympics|Michael Weiss|January 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At the high-end food retailer, gift cards are a year-round business—kind of like a pre-paid debit card for expensive groceries.
Wood Cards Are a Green Alternative to the Classic Plastic Gift Card|Daniel Gross|November 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST

For example, retail giant Target says it retained about 30 percent of its seasonal team for year-round positions.
Temporary Holiday Retail Jobs Are Important Economic Force|Miranda Green|November 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Indoor pools, which made swimming a year-round activity, were becoming even more numerous than beaches.
Women's Bathing and Swimming Costume in the United States|Claudia B. Kidwell
This involved raising several crops and a year-round effort of cultivation.
Frying Pan Farm|Elizabeth Brown Pryor
Radio communication, vehicle driving, marksmanship, and many other subjects are sponsored at year-round classes in local areas.
Area Handbook for Bulgaria|Eugene K. Keefe, Violeta D. Baluyut, William Giloane, Anne K. Long, James M. Moore, and Neda A. Walpole
In lowlands, it is occasionally found in year-round swamps with cypress, and in the hills on dry slopes with oaks and hickories.
Forest Trees of Illinois|Fuller George D.
Of the five bats, three are year-round residents, but Lasiurus cinereus and evidently Lasionycteris noctivagans are migrants.
Mammals of Northwestern South Dakota|Kenneth W. Andersen

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year-round

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open, in use, operating, etc, throughout the year

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