quinquennial
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He could emerge as head of the resurrected Central Financial Work Commission, when state leaders, regulators and top bankers gather for a quinquennial, closed-door national financial work conference.
From Reuters ● Oct. 30, 2023
Athens’s current reputation as an up-and-coming art hub was sealed in 2017, when the arts organization Documenta chose the city to serve, along with Kassel, Germany, as a host of its much-anticipated quinquennial exhibition.
From New York Times ● Sep. 13, 2021
The 1972 Documenta 5, its poster featuring an illusionistic swarm of busy little ants drawn by Ed Ruscha, is widely regarded as the best of all the quinquennial shows, before or since.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 2018
A liquid totem called The Aether is almost in Malekith the Dark Elf’s nefarious grasp, just in time for the quinquennial cosmic event known as the Convergence.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 2, 2017
And if he does not do it for conscience sake, he can at least every five years grant a renewed quinquennial.
From The Invisible Lodge by Jean Paul
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