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How to pronounce years in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms age, long time
Type of time period, period, period of time
Has types year dot, blue moon, eon, month of sundays, aeon


I haven't been there for years and years.
Type Words
Synonyms age, eld, geezerhood, old age
Type of time of life
Has types senility, dotage, second childhood


he's showing his years.
Type Words
Synonyms days
Type of life


in his final years.

Examples of years

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Every three years, the Franklin County auditor's office adjusts property values.
From the dispatchpolitics.com
Three years after that, the district would face a deficit of nearly $13 million.
From the dispatchpolitics.com
I haven't spent a whole lot of time watching tape from the last couple of years.
From the tennessean.com
Schroer served on the FSSD school board for 14 years before being elected mayor.
From the tennessean.com
You are not going to want someone with two years of dental education doing that.
From the tennessean.com
He is charged with felony theft and faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted.
From the dailyherald.com
A federal judge also sentenced him to three years probation, ending in May 2012.
From the dailyherald.com
These maps are the key to who will hold how much power in Illinois for 10 years.
From the dailyherald.com
Journalists were granted access to the first firing-squad execution in 14 years.
From the newsweek.com
More examples
  • A period of time containing 365 (or 366) days; "she is 4 years old"; "in the year 1920"
  • A period of time occupying a regular part of a calendar year that is used for some particular activity; "a school year"
  • The period of time that it takes for a planet (as, e.g., Earth or Mars) to make a complete revolution around the sun; "a Martian year takes 687 of our days"
  • Class: a body of students who graduate together; "the class of '97"; "she was in my year at Hoehandle High"
  • (yearly) annual: a reference book that is published regularly once every year
  • (yearly) annual: occurring or payable every year; "an annual trip to Paris"; "yearly medical examinations"; "annual (or yearly) income"
  • In metadata, year is a representation term used to specify a year in the Gregorian calendar systems.
  • (Years (album)) Years is the debut solo album by Years, a solo project by Ohad Benchetrit of Do Make Say Think and Broken Social Scene.
  • (Years (by One Thousand Fingertips)) Years (by One Thousand Fingertips) is the third studio album by Canadian folk rock band Attack in Black, released on March 10, 2009 on Dine Alone Records. The album was released both on CD and on one thousand 12" vinyl records. ...