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

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

—Melissa Williams

Examples of annually in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Those events number in the dozens annually, as many as 60 within a year, Rechtin said. —The Enquirer, 3 Apr. 2024

The airport, which hosts over 23 million travelers annually, opened in 1962 and was named Dulles International Airport, after John Foster Dulles, the former secretary of state under President Dwight D. Eisenhower. —Danny Nguyen, Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2024

The referendum was crafted to allow MPS to gain an additional $140 million for the next school year, then ramp up to $252 million annually by the 2027-28 school year. —Rory Linnane, Journal Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2024

The nurse’s association is asking the county for a 15% wage increase through October 2025 — 5% annually retroactive to the expiration of the last contract in October. —Grace Hase, The Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2024

Over the past 10 years, stocks by themselves delivered total returns averaging 11.6% annually, compared to 7.8% a year for the 60/40 strategy and 1.7% for bonds. —The Arizona Republic, 31 Mar. 2024

Rice — a North Richland Hills, Texas native — was honored at the 101 Awards last week in Kansas City with the Mack Lee Hill Award, given annually to the Chiefs’ best rookie. —Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2024

But after having begun the process — being sedated to retrieve her eggs and paying hundreds of dollars annually to properly store the embryos made with her husband — McKnight can’t afford right now to get the embryos out of a freezer. —Mackenzie Mays, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2024

Elton John, 76, and Bernie Taupin, 73, were awarded the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song — a lifetime achievement award given annually to an artist whose music has left a lasting impact — during a nearly three-hour tribute concert Wednesday night at DAR Constitution Hall. —Emily Yahr, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1555, in the meaning defined above