Definitions

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  • adjective prenominal completing its life cycle within a year.

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  • adjective completing its life cycle within a year

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Examples

  • The property will be leased for a term of one-year through a sub-lease agreement with the current lessee, Triangle T Partners, at Triangle T Partners' cost.

    unknown title 2011

  • The phrase referred to a one-year probation period when each person stood in the balance.

    The Jesus Dynasty James D. Tabor 2006

  • The phrase referred to a one-year probation period when each person stood in the balance.

    The Jesus Dynasty James D. Tabor 2006

  • My one-year sabbatical ended up lasting over a decade.

    The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010

  • It created a strict one-year statute of limitations for habeas petitions.

    The Conservative Assault on the Constitution Erwin Chemerinsky 2010

  • Jay Janner/Austin American Statesman/Associated Press A severe drought has baked pastures and dried ponds across Texas, forcing ranchers in the state, one of the nation's top two beef producers, to start selling off their herds to get through the driest one-year period in the state's history.

    Drought in the Lone Star State 2011

  • DALLAS—There's no relief in sight for Texans suffering through the worst one-year drought here in at least a century, as deaths mount, crops wilt and drinking-water supplies evaporate in record heat.

    Heat Scorches Parched Texas Ana Campoy 2011

  • Philip Montgomery for The Wall Street Journal Workers prepared to move a lift Wednesday as they added finishing touches to a 47-foot M&M piñata in the 69th Regiment Armory on Lexington Ave. The piñata, supposedly the world's largest, is for a celebration for the one-year anniversary of M&M Pretzel.

    New York Photos of the Week: August 1-5 2011

  • By late 2008, most units were back to serving one-year deployments, but many were still were not getting much more than a year's break at home before returning to war.

    Army to trim war tours to 9 months 2011

  • Liberals discover that tax rates are too high, offer one-year reprieve.

    Repatriation Games 2011

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