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  • noun Plural form of biennium.

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Examples

  • REUTERS Israeli artist Harush Shlomo performs a floating installation for the biennia June 4l.

    View From the 2009 Venice Biennial 2009

  • The balance at the end of the 2007-2009 biennia dropped to $211

    Fitch Rates Washington's $434MM GOs 'AA+'; Outlook Stable - Yahoo! Finance 2011

  • Although the steps taken in the fiscal 2010-2011 biennial budget and the conservative estimate of revenues resulted in balanced operations in fiscal 2010, the reliance on one-time revenues to achieve balance and the expansion over several biennia of the state's responsibility for education funding leaves the state with a structural gap to be addressed in its next biennial budget.

    unknown title 2011

  • The 2003-2005 and 2005-2007 biennia each ended with a general fund-state balance equal to about 7% of cash receipts.

    Fitch Rates Washington's $434MM GOs 'AA+'; Outlook Stable - Yahoo! Finance 2011

  • For the past two biennia, state lawmakers have diverted millions of tobacco settlement dollars to the general fund to shore up widening budget shortfalls.

    RGJ.com - Latest News John Packham 2010

  • Cuts to state funding for higher education total 7 percent each of the next two biennia under the DFL plan.

    The Minnesota Daily - mndaily.com 2009

  • The recessions of the early 1990s and then the first few years of this decade led to operating deficits; however, the state rebounded to post budgetary surpluses over the 2004-2005 and 2006-2007 biennia.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2009

  • The recessions of the early 1990s and then the first few years of this decade led to operating deficits; however, the state rebounded to post budgetary surpluses over the 2004-2005 and 2006-2007 biennia.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2009

  • Cuts to state funding for higher education total 7 percent each of the next two biennia under the DFL plan.

    The Minnesota Daily - mndaily.com 2009

  • • Eliminate Local Government Aid: $1.069 billion over 2 biennia.

    Wright County Republican 2009

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