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triennial

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

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

From Washington Post • Apr. 28, 2023

Smith, 83, also has a commission in Counterpublic, a new triennial in St. Louis, and is curating an exhibition featuring some 50 Native artists at the National Gallery of Art.

From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2023

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

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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