In year vs on year

The correct phrase is "in year." It is used to refer to a specific year or a period of time within a year. "On year" is not a standard English phrase.

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In year

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

Use "in year" when referring to a specific year or a period of time within a year. For example, "In year 2020, many events were canceled due to the pandemic."

Examples:

In year 1999, I started my first job.
The company achieved record sales in year 2021.
In year 1776, the United States declared independence.
She was born in year 1985.
In year 1969, the first man landed on the moon.

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In year 2011 they have been the 595,000 teu transported through Amburgo with Russia .
In year 1986, China issued the flat-plate solar collector technical conditions.
About Us Abhishek Filtertechnik was formed in year 1989.
In year 1815, due to Vienna Congress, Dubrovnik was annexed to Austria.
In year three and the following years B produces and sells only Xeran worth EUR 40 million annually.
In year 1323 Marco Polo was hospitalized due to illness.
In year III of the revolutionary calendar, he is part of the Société des inventions et découvertes.
In year 2000, their capital, Groznyy, has been razed to the ground.
In year 2010,813.050 square meters of land, contaminated with cluster munitions, bombs and other unexploded ordnance, was cleared.
In year 2, A gives a licence to B to produce Xeran.
In year 4 and thereafter B's market share is 20 % as its sales are EUR 40 million annually.
In year one, B was selling EUR 25 million worth of products produced with the freely available technologies.
In year 2008, Base on the Japan Vehicle, Our shanghai Technical company based on Shanghai Fuda University start to invent wall printer. and got more than 15 patents until now.
In year 2000 Andrew S. Tanenbaum agreed with the press company to make the Minix license less restrictive, making it more similar to the BSD one.
In year 10, Illyria was divided and the northern strip of today's Bosnia along the south side of the Sava River became part of the new province of Pannonia.
In year 877, for fuire the presence of the Vikings in Iceland, around fifty of monks and oblats took the sea and one intended some never again to speak.
In year 2006 we started business in the area of wood industry and opened a new activities:
In year 4 and thereafter A's market share on the technology market is 27,5 %, reflecting the value of Xeran produced by B and C in the preceding year.
In year 1, A and B produce only with their own technology: A sells EUR 15 million of the product and B sells EUR 20 million of the product.
In year 1924 the monument was moved from the main Saronno square to the square of Riconoscenza, in the old quarter of S. Cristoforo, place where the fire disaster occured.

on year

This phrase is not a standard English construction.

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Capex was AU$5.3 billion, up 26.9 percent year on year.
Some countries, for example Spain with an increased share of renewables shows a reduction in emissions of 14.5% year on year.
The Malta International Air Show has been running for over 19 years, improving year on year in both numbers and quality.
The official figures in a united Europe are dramatic - a vast area of forest reduced to ash year on year without rehabilitation or reafforestation, despite categorical EU rules on the subject.
Not only being exempt from Capital Gains Tax, Bordeaux fine wines have a track record of delivering superior double digit returns year on year.
We must have mechanisms in place to stop this recurring year on year.
Excluding this, net profit was up by just 1.1 percent year on year.
SC - The LFD market continues to grow year on year.
The Carbon Trust Carbon Standard is only awarded to companies and organisations who measure and reduce their carbon emissions year on year.
Gas consumption has decreased more significantly by 2.2 % year on year, and remained stable in the first half of 2013.
However the operating liabilities of the container have recorded an improvement of the 71.0% year on year .
A breakdown of its revenue saw its carrier business grow by the smallest amount, rising by just 2.5 percent year on year to bring in 297.8 billion yuan.
E-commerce has grown dramatically over the last few years (+16% growth expected in 2013 year on year).
Adjusted EBITDA climbed 30.3% year on year to €167 million, with margin on sales also improving to 17.6% from 14.9% one year earlier.
The most significant advancement makes it once again the mobile with a year on year increase of 23,4%.
With a wealth of experience consolidated year on year, Aermec has developed a selection of precision air-conditioners and in-rack units offering superb energy efficiency, designed to ensure strict temperature and humidity control in data centres.
In addition to its business acumen, Ditre Italia confirms, year on year, its aptitude for detail and its artisan skill that make its collections stand out.
These had been increasing year on year, as payments to the tax authorities had not matched annual liabilities.
Nonetheless, we have seen a net improvement year on year under the strategy on employment.
Age group assignment is based on year of birth.

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