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- adjective Attributive form of
leap year , noun.
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Examples
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Of course, Tim being a leap-year baby (he was born 29th February 1952), this makes perfect sense.
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Of course, Tim being a leap-year baby (he was born 29th February 1952), this makes perfect sense.
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You are the victim of this clumsy arrangement, having been born in leap-year, on the twenty-ninth of February;
Leap Year -- Day John 2008
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Going to church on Sunday does a lot more to introduce one to one's neighbors than going to a caucus site each leap-year.
Romney: Staying In Race Would Have Abetted Hillary Or Obama Victory -- And "Surrender To Terror" 2009
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The hospital chain Tenet Healthcare Corp. said earlier this week that its number of admissions of patients with private health coverage declined 2% in the first quarter from a year earlier, while outpatient visits of insured patients slipped 0.4%, when adjusted for last year's leap-year effect.
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The hospital operator saw a 0.1% year-over-year decline in same-hospital paying and total admissions in the latest quarter, when adjusting for last year's leap-year effect.
Tenet Turns in a Profit, Helped by Gains and Cost Controls 2009
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But the more I thought about it, to be an older “leap-year day” baby you would have to be at least 108 years old, a very small percentage of the population and also be born on the 29th of February 1900.
Archive 2008-02-01 2008
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But the more I thought about it, to be an older “leap-year day” baby you would have to be at least 108 years old, a very small percentage of the population and also be born on the 29th of February 1900.
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Various legends purport to explain the ladies 'choice leap-year tradition.
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Says one exec: "" They can have the record for the biggest matinee gross on a non-holiday leap-year weekend. ''
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