How to Use leap year in a Sentence

leap year

noun

• Here are some quick thing to know about the leap year in 2024.
  — John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Feb. 2024
• More:When is the next leap year and what does that mean?
  — The Arizona Republic, 28 Feb. 2024
• But there’s a problem—the year 2100 will not be a leap year.
  — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
• The next time a leap year will be skipped is in 2100, Craddock said.
  — Angela Rodriguez, Sacramento Bee, 29 Feb. 2024
• In the world of horology, the leap year holds an even more special place.
  — Bhanu Chopra, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
• But a few flakes fell on Saturday, the extra day of a leap year.
  — Azi Paybarah, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2020
• Byrne will ring in the leap year with his performance on Feb. 29, and The Weeknd will follow on March 7.
  — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 6 Feb. 2020
• One of those goals was to acquire 366 pairs of Crocs, one for each day of the year, including leap years.
  — oregonlive, 1 Apr. 2023
• The 366 brief passages—including one for leap years—came straight from the King James Bible.
  — John J. Miller, WSJ, 14 Feb. 2019
• And don’t forget that leap year that added a day to conduct business, too.
  — Jonathan Lansner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2024
• Those leap years cause the first day of spring to happen earlier than normal.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2024
• This year is a leap year, which means February 2020 will have an extra day.
  — Marcy De Luna, Houston Chronicle, 25 Feb. 2020
• In honor of leap year: a whole bunch of sea creatures leapingDirty pictures from space.
  — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 3 Mar. 2012
• Normally, the 28th day of February ends the month, and were this not a leap year, Saturday would have been March 1.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2020
• Given that leap years are supposed to occur every four years, that would make sense.
  — Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 29 Feb. 2024
• His leap year has become a job interview, but Jones is no stranger to taking the hard road to leading a huddle.
  — Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Oct. 2022
• The earlier-than-usual spring is the result of leap years and the subtle impacts that the extra days have on the timing of Earth’s orbits.
  — NBC News, 18 Mar. 2020
• But this leap year, the heavens have misaligned and robbed St. Patrick’s Day revelers of the first chance in six years to paint the town green on a Saturday because of the leap year.
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 20 Feb. 2024
• What to do: To avoid potential problems with leap year payroll, know when that bonus day is coming up.
  — Mike Kappel, Forbes, 26 May 2021
• Its functions include our, minute, second, second stop, day of the week, month and leap year display, moon phase, and Panorama Date.
  — Matthew Catellier, Forbes, 9 Nov. 2021
• But unlike leap years, leap seconds are not predictable in advance.
  — Jay Bennett, Popular Mechanics, 24 Mar. 2017
• Goodin called me at The Courier Journal with her leap year birthstory in the weeks leading up to Brohm's first true birthday in four years.
  — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 25 Feb. 2020
• Learn more: Breaking down the science and history behind leap year.
  — USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2024
• Bad luck for the elderly In Taiwan, it's believed the elderly are more likely to die during a leap year.
  — Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 29 Feb. 2024
• This year's data includes an extra day in February due to leap year.
  — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 11 Mar. 2024
• In the Northern Hemisphere, the autumnal equinox falls around Sept. 22 which can sometimes fluctuate by a couple of days due to leap years.
  — Ellie Willard, The Arizona Republic, 25 July 2023
• Many cultures do not think of a leap year as particularly lucky.
  — Kevin Fisher-Paulson, SFChronicle.com, 25 Feb. 2020
• Choosing February for the leap year dates back way before many modern-day countries were even formed.
  — Joyce Orlando, Detroit Free Press, 26 Feb. 2024
• Seven of them are tied to non-leap years, with January 1 falling on a Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and so forth.
  — Steve Heisler, Chicago Reader, 13 Apr. 2018
• One tangible impact of a leap year is that birthdays will fall on a different day of the week than their usual pattern.
  — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 26 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 28 Aug 2024