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The phrase "fourth year running" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to indicate that something has been happening continuously for four consecutive years.
Example: "The festival has been a success for the fourth year running, attracting more visitors each time."
Alternatives: "fourth consecutive year" or "for the fourth year in a row".
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She is also, for the fourth year running, the highest placed woman in technology.
Panasonic expects its television unit to be unprofitable for the fourth year running and is drastically shrinking operations.
The stability pact would surely wither if its chief sponsor defied it for a fourth year running.
Air Koryo has been named as the worst airline on the planet for the fourth year running.
This is my fourth year running it and in some ways we have made loads of progress.
Panasonic expects its television unit to be unprofitable for its fourth year running and is consolidating factories, shuttering operations and sacking people.
In 2002 Ireland will have the biggest positive output gap among the countries shown, for the fourth year running, according to the OECD.
Denmark has been crowned the best country in the world in which to retire for the fourth year running – eight places ahead of the UK.
If so, 2009 will be the fourth year running that Japan's GDP per head shows the biggest increase of the three.
Foreign investment in property has increased for the fourth year running, with €6.5bn invested in 2013 – 16% up on the preceding year.
On 3-4 September, for the fourth year running, festival goers will sport tweeds and dance the foxtrot, as their predecessors did in the 1950s.
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