time of year

noun phrase

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

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The host will have assembled unique, idiosyncratic tea utensils based on the gathering and time of year. Nathan Pugh, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Apr. 2025 The South has a number of unusual, or downright odd, food combinations, but perhaps none gets as much attention this time of year as salt on watermelon. Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 26 Apr. 2025 And that is collecting information on their players, the players who will be central to this becoming a team that is regularly playing in front of that crowd at this time of year and even deeper into the spring. Arpon Basu, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025 At any time of year eating Kentuckians’ favorite foods is easy but requisite during Derby Week, not least pimento cheese and country ham and biscuits, which will be found at every party, with puffy split buttermilk biscuits with a thin slice of rosy, salty, thinly sliced country ham on the table. John Mariani, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 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 5 May. 2025.

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