How to Use financial year in a Sentence

financial year

noun
  • Honda’s loss isn’t just a bad financial year.
    — New Atlas, 18 May 2026
  • Sales of the drink declined 14% in the first half of the financial year.
    — Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 30 Jan. 2024
  • By the time this was settled in the current financial year, the loan had reached £15m.
    — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
  • The deal is expected to be closed during the fourth quarter of this financial year.
    — Boston Herald Wire Services, Boston Herald, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Nissan saw its profit almost wiped out in the financial year just ended.
    — Reuters, CNN Money, 13 May 2025
  • Yet, even on this metric, the numbers went backward in the latest financial year.
    — Ian King, CNBC, 28 May 2025
  • The jobs in the latest layoffs will be cut over the rest of the 2023 financial year.
    — Harold Maass, The Week, 27 June 2023
  • Changes aside, management maintained its forecast for the current financial year.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 9 Dec. 2025
  • In the most recent financial year, the duchy produced £24 million in income for the King.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 2 May 2023
  • Kontoor Brands ended its 2025 financial year on strong ground.
    — Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 3 Mar. 2026
  • That’s how much Nissan’s net income was down in the first half of its ongoing financial year compared to the same period last year.
    — Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
  • During the current financial year to end-March, Nissan has cut its profit forecast no fewer than three times.
    — Reuters, CNN, 11 Mar. 2025
  • But China remains a huge market for Nvidia, accounting for 13% of its sales in the past financial year.
    — Shannon Carroll, Quartz, 27 May 2025
  • United paid £37m in interest last season and £28m in the first three quarters of the current financial year.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 13 June 2026
  • The company’s financial year ends on August 31.
    — Kevin Rozario, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
  • Looking ahead, Schultz said that overall trading in the first quarter of the new financial year has been in line with our expectations in a volatile market.
    — Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 21 May 2025
  • In its most recent financial year, its net sales in the country rose by 16% to $17 billion dollars, compared to the year before.
    — John Liu, CNN, 13 Mar. 2025
  • In order to balance the books, Barca could do with making these sales before June 30, which is when the club's financial year ends.
    — Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2024
  • For example, a kick-off meeting at the start of a financial year typically demands forward momentum.
    — Jack Hayes, Forbes.com, 25 Mar. 2026
  • If external investment were approved, that would mean Madrid could close out the financial year in June with the new ownership model.
    — Guillermo Rai, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
  • One anchored intention provides focus, steadiness, and a sense of control over your money and can quietly transform your financial year.
    — Kara Stevens, Essence, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Educators, families and students are grieving the decision, which comes after a hard financial year.
    — Beret Leone, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025
  • Furthermore, this date is important because Barça can include the sale in their records for the end of the financial year which is also June 30.
    — Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • That report was published after Quarter 1 of the financial year and the same three states appear once more in the latest account of Quarter 3.
    — Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
  • And after that the monarchy is set to receive a significant pay rise come the financial year beginning in April 2025.
    — Victoria Murphy, Town & Country, 20 July 2023
  • Around the end of this financial year, will be the first time my income will surpass the minimum HECS repayment threshold.
    — Refinery29 Australia Team, refinery29.com, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Alongside the letter was the release of the company’s proxy statement for the preceding financial year, which revealed the pay packets of not only Jassy but his peers at the top of the chain.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Loadshedding took place only on 13 days in the 2025 financial year compared to 329 days over the previous year.
    — Martin K.n Siele, semafor.com, 21 Nov. 2025
  • In five of them, UEFA money comprised more than half of clubs’ annual turnover in the 2023 financial year.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 31 May 2025
  • Analysts will be watching its third-quarter financial year 2026 trading update in January.
    — Tasmin Lockwood, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2025

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