as in yearly
occurring once every year
Much of the city's elite attend the museum's annual gala, and it has grown in prominence with each passing year. The couple had booked a cruise for their annual vacation away from the kids.
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as in yearbook
a book or magazine that is published once a year
The society releases an annual that includes all the proceedings of its meetings during the year
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Recent Examples of annual
Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
On July 16, the festival’s massive mainstage, an annual showpiece of the festival, burned down.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 21 July 2025
Steve Bender, Southern Living, 6 July 2025
Lantana is a colorful annual that thrives in the blazing hot sun.
—Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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Adjective
Here's Why Beneficiaries can look forward to an increase in their benefit amounts next year—with current predictions setting the annual Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) at around 2.5 percent.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
On July 16, the festival’s massive mainstage, an annual showpiece of the festival, burned down.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 21 July 2025
Noun
Begin planting after your last spring frost using annuals that provide continuous color through fall.
—Steve Bender, Southern Living, 6 July 2025
Lantana is a colorful annual that thrives in the blazing hot sun.
—Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for annual
Adjective
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According to a news release, internet and cable provider Spectrum, which is owned by Charter, has seen a 200% yearly increase in felony attacks on its network through July.—
PJ Green
July 14,
Kansas City Star,
14 July 2025
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This coming year will be the culmination of our yearly gathering in Park City for the Sundance Film Festival.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
14 July 2025
Noun
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Here is what Naomi's nominators had to say about her: Naomi Robinson, a senior at Martinsville High School Naomi is a three-year member of Student Publications, was yearbook editor last year, and is editor-in-chief this year.—
Caroline Beck,
IndyStar,
2 July 2025
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Cross-reference the two sites gives you a shot. Classmates.com is a repository of yearbook scans, which can give you a roster of hundreds of people worth calling.—
Brendan O’Meara
June 23,
Literary Hub,
23 June 2025
Noun
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Ventura County: Down 1.1% in a monthly to a median of $865,000; Up 3% annually.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 July 2025
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The monthlies here are $1,034 and get you your own storage and bike spot, plus in-building laundry.—
Matthew Sedacca,
Curbed,
22 July 2025
Noun
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However, the responsibility for collecting the tax would fall on remittance transfer providers, which would be responsible for paying the tax quarterly to the government.—
Nana Ama Sarfo,
Forbes.com,
16 June 2025
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The original data was derived from the Global Leaders Corp Com quarterly 10-Q report dated March 10, 2025.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
10 Mar. 2025
Noun
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There does not appear any sentiment to increase the number of teams at 50-over World Cups, which will be a 14-team competition in 2027 after being limited to just 10 in the previous two editions.—
Tristan Lavalette,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025
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The 23-year-old singer-songwriter has released the deluxe edition of his sophomore album, Night Diving (The Cost of Growing Up), featuring 11 new tracks that chronicle themes of grief, healing, young love and self-discovery.—
Jessica Lynch,
Billboard,
18 July 2025
Noun
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The discovery of the illness put pressure on the artificial division between psychiatry and neurology—the only two fields of medicine that focus on the same organ.—
Rachel Aviv,
New Yorker,
21 July 2025
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Placental mammals have a placenta, an organ that develops during gestation and bridges mother and fetus.—
Sara Novak,
Discover Magazine,
19 July 2025
Noun
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Data, which is updated on this page weekly, is through July 19, 2025.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
21 July 2025
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Richard Dunn, a longtime sportswriter, writes the Dunn Deal column regularly for The Orange County Register’s weekly, The Coastal Current North.—
Richard Dunn,
Oc Register,
17 July 2025
Noun
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Pega 2, 3, 4: 2 p.m. (Day) and 9 p.m. (Night) daily.—
Jay Cannon,
USA Today,
12 July 2025
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Those with Type 1 diabetes need to take synthetic insulin daily, the Cleveland Clinic explains.—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
People.com,
8 July 2025
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“Annual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/annual. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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