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Examples of fiscal year in a Sentence
Sales were up in the last fiscal year.
Our fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30.
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Compensation for federal employees comprised about 3% of the 2024 fiscal year federal budget, according to government data.
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Emma Bowman, NPR, 15 Feb. 2025
Colorado’s financial report for the 2024 fiscal year, obtained by The Athletic, reported a record $31.2 million in revenue in ticket sales for the 2023 season, Sanders’ first in Boulder, up from about $13 million the previous season.
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Christopher Kamrani, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
The lists below estimate what would have happened to the 10 universities and hospitals that received the most N.I.H. grant money in the 2024 fiscal year, if the formula change had been in effect then.
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Emily Badger, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
What To Know In versions of the State Department's procurement forecast for the 2025 fiscal year, Tesla was listed alongside BMW in a $400 million contract to supply the government with armored electric vehicles.
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
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Word History
First Known Use
1843, in the meaning defined above
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“Fiscal year.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fiscal%20year. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
Legal Definition
fiscal year
noun
: an accounting period of 12 months
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