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semiannual

[sem-ee-an-yoo-uhl, sem-ahy-] / ˌsɛm iˈæn yu əl, ˌsɛm aɪ- /
ADJECTIVE
twice a year
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Semiannual earnings reporting tries to “fix” a problem that the market’s success stories have already solved.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

Semiannual interest is added to the principal value of the bond, compounding over the life of the bond.

From Barron's • Oct. 24, 2025

An entertainment widely famous as "Mrs. Widesworth's Semiannual Singing-School" brought forth every spring and fall the entire strength of this excellent lady.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863 by Various

—From an address by the author at the Eighty-fourth Semiannual Conference of the Church, Oct.

From Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern by Talmage, James Edward

Footnote 17-97: See, for example, Semiannual Report of the Secretary of Defense, January 1-June 30, 1933, p.

From Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 by MacGregor, Morris J.




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