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year-long

year-long is the alternative spelling of yearlong.

Meaning of yearlong

Adjective

yearlong (not comparable)

  1. Lasting one year; of a timespan of one year.
    • Both are congruent with a yearlong periodicity, which is apparently neutralized in the main settlement.1976, Jean-Paul Dumont, Under the rainbow: nature and supernature among the Panare Indians, page 81
  2. Which lasts throughout every year; which is not seasonal
    • Yearlong manning is needed, although at a somewhat reduced level from the peak periods in the fall.1957, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs

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Questions about year-long

What is year-long the alternative spelling of?
Year-long is the alternative spelling of yearlong.

Words near year-long in the dictionary

  1. year-book
  2. year-books
  3. year-end
  4. year-group
  5. year-groups
  6. year-long
  7. year-old
  8. year-olds
  9. year-on-year
  10. year-over-year
  11. year-round

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