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adjective

Definition of semimonthlynext
as in monthly

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noun

as in bimonthly

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Recent Examples of semimonthly
Adjective
The plan at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro offers monthly or semimonthly payments. — Danielle Douglas-Gabriel The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2023 Generally, semimonthly deposits of excise taxes are required. — Lynn Mucenski Keck, Forbes, 25 July 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for semimonthly
  1. monthly
  2. weekly
  3. quarterly
  4. daily
  5. annual
  6. bimonthly
  7. biweekly
  8. periodical
Adjective
  • Kiwanis to give merchants association $12K for Art Walk entertainment The Kiwanis Club of La Jolla is granting $12,000 to the La Jolla Village Merchants Association for monthly live entertainment at its First Friday Art Walks.
    — Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Certain family members may be eligible for monthly survivor benefit payments and possibly Medicare.
    — Anne Marie Lee, CBS News, 18 Mar. 2025
Definition of monthly
Adjective
  • Editor’s Note: Sign up for Unlocking the World, CNN Travel’s weekly newsletter.
    — Lilit Marcus, CNN, 13 Mar. 2025
  • The main destinations of February's deportation flights were Honduras and Guatemala, countries that for years have received weekly flights with deportees.
    — Ronny Rojas, NBC News, 13 Mar. 2025
Definition of weekly
Noun
  • Dividend coverage is often tight, however, and Trinity doesn’t use supplementals—the entirety of its 13% yield is on its quarterlies, which means owners need to keep close watch on NII.
    — Brett Owens, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
  • The original data was derived from the Guru App Factory Corp Com quarterly 10-Q report dated March 13, 2025.
    — Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 13 Mar. 2025
Definition of quarterly
Adjective
  • Editor-Approved Spring Things Sign up for our daily newsletter to get the best of design in your inbox.
    — Nicolas Milon, Architectural Digest, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Sign up for Entertainment Weekly's free daily newsletter to get breaking TV news, exclusive first looks, recaps, reviews, interviews with your favorite stars, and more.
    — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 16 Mar. 2025
Definition of daily
Noun
  • The remarks preceded the ceremony’s annual In Memoriam segment.
    — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 2 Mar. 2025
  • Like calendula, nigella is a half-hardy annual that shrugs off chilly springs.
    — Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Mar. 2025
Definition of annual
Adjective
  • With that in mind, The Observer is bringing back the bimonthly offseason mailbag to answer the questions of the Carolina faithful.
    — Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 22 Jan. 2025
  • At its bimonthly meeting Wednesday morning, the Baltimore City Board of Estimates approved a 20-year tax break related to an affordable housing project in West Baltimore.
    — Carson Swick, Baltimore Sun, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of bimonthly
Adjective
  • These biweekly reports are intended to highlight the duties of each department, revenue enhancement strategies, and potential reductions.
    — Mathew Miranda, Sacramento Bee, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Buchanan started out on the magazine’s management and business side but soon expanded to writing a popular biweekly column that addressed often-controversial current topics.
    — Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2025
Definition of biweekly
Noun
  • The Democrat and the Gazette even blamed the Black residents of Elaine for the violence and the Black periodicals the Chicago Defender and The Crisis (the NAACP’s magazine) for inciting racial hatred.
    — Christmaelle Vernet & Kathy Roberts Forde / Made by History, TIME, 28 Feb. 2025
  • The expert testimony that the jury didn’t hear was presented by affidavit and published in periodicals around the nation.
    — Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 14 Jan. 2025
Definition of periodical

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