calendrical
ca·len·dri·cal [ kə-ˈlen-dri-kəl]
variants: or less commonly calendric \ kə-ˈlen-drik , ka- \
: of, relating to, characteristic of, or used in a calendar
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//And yet, once again, when the calendar rolled to August, the news of the new month seemed to come as a complete surprise to local news anchors, many of whom, once again, expressed their dismay over the calendrical wake-up call.
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Melissa Locker, Time, "Please Enjoy All the Newscasters Totally Incapable of Believing That August Has Arrived," 2 Aug. 2019
//Start counting with Friday, there are 11 days from now through Labor Day, the symbolic (though neither calendrical nor meteorological) end of summer in Milwaukee.
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Chris Foran, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Grabbing the last of summer fun of Milwaukee, one day at a time," 24 Aug. 2017
//There, at the top of New Mexico’s Fajada Butte, Sofaer found what’s known as the Sun Dagger, a calendrical marking created from two spirals etched into the rock.
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National Geographic, "Vernal Equinox 2018: Facts About the First Day of Spring," 20 Mar. 2018
//The calendrical coincidence combining nationalism and religion encapsulates the seething divide over Jerusalem, the seat of Israel’s government and the location of major holy sites sacred to Muslims, Christians and Jews.
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Isabel Kershner, New York Times, "A Quiet Jerusalem Neighborhood Gets a U.S. Embassy, and a Spotlight," 26 Feb. 2018
//The calendrical naming indicates something of the seriousness with which those events were viewed.
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Teju Cole, New York Times, "Pictures in the Aftermath," 11 Apr. 2017
//There, at the top of New Mexico’s Fajada Butte, Sofaer found what’s known as the Sun Dagger, a calendrical marking created from two spirals etched into the rock.
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National Geographic, "First Day of Spring Marked With Sun Daggers, Light Snakes," 17 Mar. 2016
//But colonial-era documents suggest that khipus had many uses in both the pre-Hispanic and colonial period that went beyond accounting, including to keep calendrical information and to tell historical narratives.
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William Neuman, New York Times, "Untangling an Accounting Tool and an Ancient Incan Mystery," 2 Jan. 2016
First Known Use of calendrical
1832, in the meaning defined above
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