biennium
Americannoun
plural
bienniums, bienniaEtymology
Origin of biennium
1895–1900; < Latin, equivalent to bi- bi- 1 + -enn- (combining form of annus year) + -ium -ium
Example Sentences
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But lawmakers counted $1.5 billion for the state’s operating and capital budgets, and $1.7 billion in the next biennium.
From Seattle Times • May 25, 2024
Allowance auctions could raise an additional $1 billion or more over the biennium.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 6, 2023
Hernandez said the letter ignores that lawmakers have set aside funds to air condition Texas prisons, including $85 million allocated for the upcoming biennium.
From Salon • Aug. 22, 2023
The Legislature allocates funding based on the projected need from year to year, around half a billion for the 2021-2023 biennium.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 12, 2023
In reply to a question Conseil asked me about the growth rate of these colossal barriers, I thoroughly amazed him by saying that scientists put it at an eighth of an inch per biennium.
From Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Walter, F. P.
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