leap year
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At this point we observe a leap year, an extra day in the calendar, allowing the solstice to revert back to its earlier date.
From BBC • Dec. 1, 2025
The extra accrued time results in Feb. 29 appearing on the calendar every fourth year — leap year — to help the seasons line up.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2024
The current Gregorian calendar system makes the fractional days of the solar year and leap year calendar nearly equal by occasionally skipping a leap day.
From National Geographic • Feb. 26, 2024
It’s Pope Gregory and his advisers who came up with the really gnarly math on when there should or shouldn’t be a leap year.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 24, 2024
“The twenty-ninth of February. She wanted to get married on the leap year because she knew no other woman in her right mind would want to do it.”
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
