How to Use leap year in a Sentence

leap year

noun
  • What is the purpose of a leap year?
    — Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 3 Feb. 2026
  • The last leap year was in 2024.
    — Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 3 Feb. 2026
  • But what if the year is a leap year, with 366 days?
    — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Here are some quick thing to know about the leap year in 2024.
    — John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Feb. 2024
  • To account for time shifts, not every four years gets to be a leap year.
    — Joyce Orlando, The Tennessean, 29 Feb. 2024
  • In the world of horology, the leap year holds an even more special place.
    — Bhanu Chopra, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
  • And don’t forget that leap year that added a day to conduct business, too.
    — Jonathan Lansner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2024
  • The leap year, / which comes once in four, / gives February one day more.
    — Alex Haddon, The Indianapolis Star, 29 July 2024
  • But a few flakes fell on Saturday, the extra day of a leap year.
    — Azi Paybarah, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2020
  • Those leap years cause the first day of spring to happen earlier than normal.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Given that leap years are supposed to occur every four years, that would make sense.
    — Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Whenever a leap year comes around, there are always a few errors that pop up around the world.
    — Julian Dossett, Space.com, 29 Feb. 2024
  • The next time a leap year will be skipped is in 2100, Craddock said.
    — Angela Rodriguez, Sacramento Bee, 29 Feb. 2024
  • During leap years, the days of the week shift, but the distribution of days of the week remains the same.
    — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2026
  • The most recent leap year, in which there are 29 days in February, was last year.
    — Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 25 Feb. 2025
  • This year is a leap year, which means February 2020 will have an extra day.
    — Marcy De Luna, Houston Chronicle, 25 Feb. 2020
  • Wait a few million years, and the number of days in a year will change, removing the need for leap years altogether.
    — Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
  • One of those goals was to acquire 366 pairs of Crocs, one for each day of the year, including leap years.
    — oregonlive, 1 Apr. 2023
  • His leap year has become a job interview, but Jones is no stranger to taking the hard road to leading a huddle.
    — Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Oct. 2022
  • The movement indicates the date, day, month and leap years and has an additional 24-hour scale.
    — Anthony Demarco, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
  • The leap year in 2028 will add an extra day to the year and push Christmas that year to Monday.
    — Mariyam Muhammad, The Enquirer, 20 Nov. 2024
  • If Friday is the sixth day of the first week during a leap year, then there will be three Fridays on the13th of a month.
    — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2026
  • The 366 brief passages—including one for leap years—came straight from the King James Bible.
    — John J. Miller, WSJ, 14 Feb. 2019
  • Because 2024 was a leap year, Shirilla's petition was late by one day.
    — Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026
  • The face showcases three subdials, including the month and leap year at 3 o’clock, the date at 6 o’clock, and the day at 9 o’clock.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 18 Oct. 2025
  • In principle, there’s a leap year that occurs every four years, except every 100 years, when the leap day is omitted.
    — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2026
  • The year 2000 was a leap year, and January 1 fell on a Saturday.
    — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2026
  • That is why the year 2000 was still a leap year despite being divisible by 100.
    — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Her attorneys argued the delay was caused by a miscalculation related to a leap year.
    — Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026
  • The holiday always occurs on the fourth Thursday of November, but the dates can differ based on leap years.
    — Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 28 Oct. 2025

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