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triennial

[trahy-en-ee-uhl] / traɪˈɛn i əl /
ADJECTIVE
third
Synonyms


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Global foreign exchange turnover in over the counter markets averaged $9.5 trillion per day in April, up 27% from 2022, according to revised data for this year’s BIS triennial forex survey.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 2025

Still, complications loom — starting with the triennial World Baseball Classic scheduled for next March.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2025

Its first iteration, in 2019, was a hyperlocal concept: a triennial at storefront scale, bringing projects by St. Louis and national artists to parks, bakeries and taquerias on Cherokee Street, on the city’s south side.

From New York Times • May 9, 2023

Ironically, the United States is scheduled to present its triennial compliance report on Convention 182 this year.

From Washington Post • Apr. 28, 2023

It was an invitation to the Solvay Conference, an elite triennial international convocation in Brussels, Belgium.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik