leap year
noun
1
: a year in the Gregorian calendar containing 366 days with February 29 as the extra day
2
: an intercalary year in any calendar
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Because 2024 was a leap year, winter was a day early, according to News-Press, a part of the USA TODAY Network.
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Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2025
The origin of the leap year, which adds one day—the 29th—to the end of February once every four years, dates all the way back to 46 B.C.
—Julian Dossett, Space.com, 29 Feb. 2024
To account for time shifts, not every four years gets to be a leap year.
—Joyce Orlando, The Tennessean, 29 Feb. 2024
The 42mm platinum case houses an anthracite dial that displays an automatic minute repeating perpetual calendar, mono-pusher chronograph, moon phases, leap year and day-night indication.
—Anthony Demarco, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
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Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2025
The origin of the leap year, which adds one day—the 29th—to the end of February once every four years, dates all the way back to 46 B.C.
—Julian Dossett, Space.com, 29 Feb. 2024
To account for time shifts, not every four years gets to be a leap year.
—Joyce Orlando, The Tennessean, 29 Feb. 2024
The 42mm platinum case houses an anthracite dial that displays an automatic minute repeating perpetual calendar, mono-pusher chronograph, moon phases, leap year and day-night indication.
—Anthony Demarco, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
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“Leap year.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leap%20year. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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