How to Use triennial in a Sentence

triennial

adjective
  • The triennial survey of central banks is the last word on forex markets.
    — Quentin Webb, WSJ, 27 Oct. 2022
  • The triennial appraisal, including this year’s, relies on nearby sale prices over the last three years.
    — Courtney Astolfi, cleveland, 21 Sep. 2021
  • Cook County properties are reassessed on a triennial basis, meaning that one-third of the county is reassessed each year.
    — Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2023
  • This is a non-native biennial (or sometimes triennial) plant in the borage family.
    — oregonlive, 4 July 2021
  • Getting local audiences to buy into the triennial may be more important than luring the globe-trotters, some suggest.
    — New York Times, 11 July 2018
  • Later this month, the artist will debut new work at Prospect New Orleans, a triennial of contemporary art.
    — Deborah Vankin, latimes.com, 2 Nov. 2017
  • As at the triennial summit of African leaders hosted by China, which the Sochi summit aped, there was much talk of trade and investment.
    — The Economist, 24 Oct. 2019
  • The triennial exemption process helps to temper some of the system's worst excesses, but a fundamental rethink of the law's approach would be even better.
    — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 26 Oct. 2018
  • That will come as a relief to the industry, even though the February start is about two months later than talks commenced in recent triennial bargaining cycles.
    — Jonathan Handel, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Feb. 2020
  • While the triennial tournament was underway, however, some new faces and non-roster invitees had a chance to shine in Red Sox camp.
    — Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Japan is due to issue its triennial Basic Energy Plan with more specific targets for its fuel mix later this year.
    — Josh Siegel, Washington Examiner, 11 Mar. 2021
  • Organizing a triennial today means navigating the tension between the local and the global amid a rapidly shifting world order.
    — Wassan Al-Khudhairi, Artforum, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Aside from having already held off a year on what is generally a triennial levy cycle, school board members noted that the district continues to lose millions of dollars to private school tuition vouchers.
    — Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 10 Dec. 2019
  • At the recent triennial gathering of signatory parties in Geneva, the trafficking of Asian elephants didn’t even make the agenda.
    — Paul Kvinta, Outside Online, 12 Nov. 2019
  • Unfortunately, the quilt guild also had to postpone its 2020 Vision of Quilting triennial quilt show.
    — Carol Kovach, cleveland, 9 Mar. 2021
  • The triennial Roppongi Crossing series, a survey of contemporary art in Japan, is unmissable for those who want to understand the local scene.
    — Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Keith and partner Diana Nawi are the first team of women to organize the triennial exhibition that showcases art in various museums and public spaces around the city.
    — CBS News, 5 Feb. 2022
  • That existing exemption, which also allows research institutions to use hack console firmware to get around such DRM, has been extended as part of the triennial review of such rules.
    — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 29 Oct. 2018
  • Bidwell is in the planning stages for the area’s second triennial exhibition of contemporary art, Front International, due to take place in 2022.
    — Joan Rusek, cleveland, 22 Mar. 2021
  • Both of which focuses attention on the interfaith conference, an important triennial event for Kazakhstan, a country that borders Russia to the north, China to the east and is home to some 130 ethnic groups.
    — Nicole Winfield, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Sep. 2022
  • The Red Sox reliever recorded a five-out save on Saturday evening to send Puerto Rico home and advance the still undefeated Italy to the penultimate round of the triennial tournament.
    — Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Being embedded meant slowing down, listening, and understanding the genealogy of the triennial itself—seeing HT25 not as a rupture, but as part of an ongoing continuum.
    — Wassan Al-Khudhairi, Artforum, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The triennial runs until 19 October 2025 and features 18 artists from 15 countries, all whom have created new commissions scattered along the waterfront and throughout the town.
    — Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • According to Hamilton, federal oversight of PREA is limited to a triennial audit of each prison or detention facility, and there is no real penalty when a facility fails the audit.
    — Emilia Otte, Hartford Courant, 20 Feb. 2026
  • This selection highlights 30-plus portraits from more than 3,300 entries to the triennial Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition.
    — Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 15 May 2026
  • After the News Service inquired about the new triennial pension funding schedule that was also due by Thursday, Gorzkowicz’s office provided the new plan, which now puts the state on a path to fully fund its pension liability by 2038 instead.
    — State House News Service, Boston Herald, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Public Enemy frontman Chuck D is used to the triennial grumbling from KISS bassist/singer Gene Simmons about how hip-hop does not belong in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 13 Feb. 2026
  • The International Civil Aviation Organization will consider an airline trade group’s proposal to raise pilots’ retirement age globally to 67 when delegates gather for its triennial assembly starting on Tuesday.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 22 Sep. 2025

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