annually
adverb
an·nu·al·ly
ˈan-yə(-wə)-lē 
-yü-ə-
: once a year : each year
an event that occurs annually
a report that's published annually
She spends about $1,000 of her own money annually on additional supplies, and doesn't hesitate to let the children know it.—
Michael Winerip
Michael WineripMore than 300,000 Americans undergo angioplasty annually to open clogged heart arteries and relieve chest pain.—Melissa Williams
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Lansing stalls on funding Under the bills the Michigan House has passed, its public safety trust fund would dedicate $115 million in state sales tax revenue annually that police departments could use to recruit new officers or buy equipment.
—Andrea May Sahouri, Freep.com, 25 July 2025
The Vanguard Wellington Fund, the nation’s oldest balanced mutual fund (two-thirds stocks, one-third bonds) has returned an average of 8.3% annually since inception in 1929.
—Hank Tucker, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
While Call of Duty releases annually, and it is guaranteed to top sales charts each year, Battlefield games come around every few years and have wavered in quality between entries.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 24 July 2025
That hike was theoretically to be offset by an increase to the card’s rewards, which are now purportedly worth $2,700 annually, offered not in the form of legal tender but rather as a long and complex list of credits, many of them issued in the conditional tense.
—Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 24 July 2025
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Andrea May Sahouri, Freep.com, 25 July 2025
The Vanguard Wellington Fund, the nation’s oldest balanced mutual fund (two-thirds stocks, one-third bonds) has returned an average of 8.3% annually since inception in 1929.
—Hank Tucker, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
While Call of Duty releases annually, and it is guaranteed to top sales charts each year, Battlefield games come around every few years and have wavered in quality between entries.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 24 July 2025
That hike was theoretically to be offset by an increase to the card’s rewards, which are now purportedly worth $2,700 annually, offered not in the form of legal tender but rather as a long and complex list of credits, many of them issued in the conditional tense.
—Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 24 July 2025
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“Annually.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/annually. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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