Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Existing, active, or continuous throughout the year.
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- adjective Operating or continuing throughout the year.
- adverb Continuing throughout the year.
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- adjective operating or continuing throughout the year
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Examples
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Sports specialization is defined as year-round training in a single sport and the exclusion of other sports.
Sharon Chirban, Ph.D.: Specialization vs. Sampling in Youth Sports: Which Is Healthier? Ph.D. Sharon Chirban 2011
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Sports specialization is defined as year-round training in a single sport and the exclusion of other sports.
Sharon Chirban, Ph.D.: Specialization vs. Sampling in Youth Sports: Which Is Healthier? Ph.D. Sharon Chirban 2011
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And as Division I lacrosse grows, it's becoming more intensive and year-round, which is driving recruits to increasingly consider D-III.
Prepare to Lose to a Nerd School Hannah Karp 2011
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Your intuition says stay north, but you really like the idea of year-round sunshine.
Where To Park Your Broomstick Lauren Manoy 2002
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Your intuition says stay north, but you really like the idea of year-round sunshine.
Where To Park Your Broomstick Lauren Manoy 2002
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Only slightly more than one-half of all workers who are employed during any year may be called year-round full-workers.
The Population of the United States Douglas L. Anderton 1997
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"First off you have a small spring-fed stream, which has water in it year-round, which is pretty good for Texas," says Michael Waters, director of the Center for the Study of the First Americans at Texas A&M University.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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Vershbow describes how after growing up with these guys -- going to high school at Buckingham Browne and Nichols BB&N in Cambridge, MA with most of them, and spending summers in Naples, ME at Camp Skylemar with many of them -- they all imagined that they would all be married with kids who would grow up together as year-round best friends just like they were.
Charles Howard: How a Group of Friends Are Working to Find a Cure for Autism Charles Howard 2011
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Vershbow describes how after growing up with these guys -- going to high school at Buckingham Browne and Nichols BB&N in Cambridge, MA with most of them, and spending summers in Naples, ME at Camp Skylemar with many of them -- they all imagined that they would all be married with kids who would grow up together as year-round best friends just like they were.
Charles Howard: How a Group of Friends Are Working to Find a Cure for Autism Charles Howard 2011
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Staying here year-round forever may not be an option: unlike most retirees, he doesn't have the bulwark of a company pension, or a home to sell.
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