annually

adverb

: 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
More than 300,000 Americans undergo angioplasty annually to open clogged heart arteries and relieve chest pain.Melissa Williams

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Because only 12% of this material is formally recycled, the region effectively discards $91 billion worth of unrecovered metals and critical minerals annually. Rob Kaplan, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 Meanwhile, Chinese buyers spend hundreds of billions of dollars annually on live shopping. Andrew Zucker, HollywoodReporter, 17 Aug. 2026 In January, the Pentagon entered a seven-year deal to get Lockheed Martin to make 2,000 annually by 2030, by which time the war in Ukraine would be eight years old. Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026 Factory targets 160 blade sets annually VB1F is planned to reach commercial operation in 2031. Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 17 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for annually

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1555, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of annually was circa 1555

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“Annually.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/annually. Accessed 19 Aug. 2026.

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