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fiscal year

NOUN
12 month accounting period
Synonyms
STRONGEST
calendar year financial year
WEAK
accounting year annual accounting period twelve-month period

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President Trump proposed $1.5 trillion in defense spending for fiscal year 2027, up from roughly $1 trillion in fiscal year 2026.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

TE’s AI business will be $2.3 billion or $2.4 billion in fiscal year 2026, up from about $900 million in fiscal year 2025.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

Sales for the fiscal year to January 2026 rose just 0.4% from the year before, but that’s after they dropped 20% over the previous three years, according to FactSet data.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

Its revenue ballooned from $108 billion in fiscal year 2011 to more than $416 billion in fiscal year 2025.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026

Exports and imports of the United States to and from the various gold-using and silver-using or paper-using countries of the world for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1889.

From Money: Speech of Hon. John P. Jones, of Nevada, On the Free Coinage of Silver; in the United States Senate, May 12 and 13, 1890 by Jones, John P. (John Percival)