annualize
verb
an·nu·al·ize
ˈan-yə(-wə)-ˌlīz 
-yü-ə-
annualized; annualizing
: to calculate or adjust to reflect a rate based on a full year
quarterly returns yielding at an annualized rate of seven percent
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Despite a 17% interest rate set by the Central Bank, inflation remains high at over 8% annualized, mainly due to war spending.
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Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 15 Oct. 2025
In terms of market appreciation alone, the Nasdaq Composite over the past three years has returned 28% annualized.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2025
The 79-person startup has annualized revenue of more than $200 million a year, Forbes estimates, and isn’t profitable.
—Jeff Kauflin, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Behind them, hedge funds and litigation financiers are bankrolling lawsuits with high-interest, non-recourse loans – sometimes exceeding 20 percent annualized – in exchange for a handsome cut of the winnings.
—Adam Kovacevich, Oc Register, 18 Aug. 2025
Of late, for instance, the 3-month and 6-month T-bills have annualized yields of around 5%.
—Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 3 May 2023
After declining for 7 of the last 9 months, housing starts surprisingly jumped 10% (annualized, MOM) in February 2023.
—Joshua Pollard, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
From the end of FY 2018 to mid-April, Disney shares fell 15% to $100 per share, and its total return was just a negative, annualized 3.3%.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 20 Apr. 2023
The funding announcement came one day after service providers told lawmakers on the Housing Committee about a need for a $50 million investment to annualize money for cold weather services, increase service providers’ pay and cover other infrastructure in the state’s homeless response system.
—Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 4 Feb. 2023
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Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 15 Oct. 2025
In terms of market appreciation alone, the Nasdaq Composite over the past three years has returned 28% annualized.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2025
The 79-person startup has annualized revenue of more than $200 million a year, Forbes estimates, and isn’t profitable.
—Jeff Kauflin, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Behind them, hedge funds and litigation financiers are bankrolling lawsuits with high-interest, non-recourse loans – sometimes exceeding 20 percent annualized – in exchange for a handsome cut of the winnings.
—Adam Kovacevich, Oc Register, 18 Aug. 2025
Of late, for instance, the 3-month and 6-month T-bills have annualized yields of around 5%.
—Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 3 May 2023
After declining for 7 of the last 9 months, housing starts surprisingly jumped 10% (annualized, MOM) in February 2023.
—Joshua Pollard, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
From the end of FY 2018 to mid-April, Disney shares fell 15% to $100 per share, and its total return was just a negative, annualized 3.3%.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 20 Apr. 2023
The funding announcement came one day after service providers told lawmakers on the Housing Committee about a need for a $50 million investment to annualize money for cold weather services, increase service providers’ pay and cover other infrastructure in the state’s homeless response system.
—Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 4 Feb. 2023
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“Annualize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/annualize. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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