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biennial

[bahy-en-ee-uhl] / baɪˈɛn i əl /


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But ahead of the biennial nature talks, a UN assessment warned the pace of action was insufficient to meet almost all these targets.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

"I don't want to be naive," said Schomaker of the headwinds surrounding the biennial negotiations on protecting the natural world that start on October 19 in Yerevan, Armenia.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

Mohn, a longtime underwriter of the museum’s flagship Made in L.A. biennial, said Ryan is extending the program’s impact by returning to participating artists for broader examinations of their work.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

Netball is mindful of all possibilities and one alteration is that the quadrennial World Cup is going biennial from next year.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

Once the first two crates were completed, I carried them down to the art museum for consideration in their upcoming juried biennial.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

Very often, my work has been associated with velocity and acceleration of art—more shows, more biennials.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026

One must feel sympathy for the curators who plan biennials.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026

The Hammer contributed 80 works collected over the 12 years of its “Made in L.A.” biennials, and16 more pieces were added from “Made in L.A. 2023” by curators from all three museums.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2024

The Hammer is augmenting the MAC3 collection with 80 works it has collected over the 12 years it has been staging its “Made in L.A.” biennials.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2024

Weeds are annuals, as pigweeds, crab grass, purslane; biennials as bull thistle and mulleins; perennials, like quack grass, Canada thistle, ox-eye Daisy.

From Seeds of Michigan Weeds Bulletin 260, Michigan State Agricultural College Experiment Station, Division of Botany, March, 1910 by W. J. (William James) Beal


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