time of year

noun phrase

: period of the year : season
It's unusually hot for this time of year.

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Price increases are to help offset the increase in operational costs that mail carriers face during this busy time of year. Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Oct. 2025 More importantly, with the sun now in Scorpio, the time of year when the veil is thin and secrets come to the surface, our collective emotions run deep. Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025 Outside the city, hiking trails like Red Rocks Trail and Lair o’ the Bear Park Trail are blissfully uncrowded this time of year, and early ski season begins just an hour away in resorts like Breckenridge and Keystone. Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 27 Oct. 2025 But data shows which sweets are the most popular this time of year. Cody Godwin, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for time of year

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“Time of year.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/time%20of%20year. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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