: occurring twice a month
: a semimonthly publication
Examples of semimonthly in a Sentence
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Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 25 July 2024
Danielle Douglas-Gabriel The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2023
Generally, semimonthly deposits of excise taxes are required.
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Lynn Mucenski Keck, Forbes, 25 July 2024
The effects on local retailers Made with Love, a semimonthly outdoor market in downtown Gilbert from September through April, has postponed its events until further notice.
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Kimi Robinson, azcentral, 19 Mar. 2020
Dorfman reasoned that a semimonthly benefit would more closely mirror the normal financial budgeting of SNAP recipients in working families.
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Nedra Rhone, ajc, 10 July 2024
Here’s your semimonthly update on plane fights, people trying to yank open the doors of planes in midair, and other forms of miscellaneous plane violence that keep happening and ending up on video for some reason.
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Avi Selk, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2018
With each practice, each semimonthly trip to Marathon Deli, the Terps learn a little more about Christinaki, and Christinaki about her second home.
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Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 20 Dec. 2017
The restaurant will also offer beer, wine and spirits for retail, and host a semimonthly wine school.
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Sarah Meehan, baltimoresun.com, 25 July 2024
Hosted by New Yorker Amy Choi and native Angeleno Rebecca Lehrer, the semimonthly bicoastal show explores the complexities and joys of coexisting cultures.
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Julia Herbst, Los Angeles Magazine, 28 June 2024
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Adverb
Considering Sean Payton, the prodigal son, drops hints semimonthly about a possible return, a conspiracy nut might call this a setup.
—Adjective
The plan at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro offers monthly or semimonthly payments.
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“Semimonthly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/semimonthly. Accessed 19 Jan. 2025.
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semimonthly
1 of 3 noun
semi·month·ly
ˌsem-i-ˈmən(t)th-lē,
ˌsem-ˌī-
: a semimonthly publication
semimonthly
2 of 3 adjective
: occurring twice a month
semimonthly
3 of 3 adverb
: twice a month
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