Definition of yearly
1 : reckoned by the year
2 : occurring, appearing, made, done, or acted upon every year or once a year : annual
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Examples of yearly in a Sentence
She renews her lease on a yearly basis.
Recent Examples of yearly from the Web
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Yearly cases have dropped as well, from just over 700 in 2007 to 530 in 2015.
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North Dakota generated the least yearly revenue from their lottery ($25.8 million), followed by Montana ($55.4 million), Vermont ($104.8 million), New Mexico ($137 million) and South Dakota ($147.9 million).
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As reported by The New York Times, Flying Ant Day is actually a normal (but still gross) yearly occurrence that happens in the summer in England, usually in early July, when all of the flying critters set off to begin their mating season.
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Fotonoticias/WireImage The Latin Alternative Music Conference brings its yearly offering of eclectic taste-making concerts to New York City from July 11-15.
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June’s rainfall total brought DFW above the area’s yearly average for the first time this year.
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Next up is another yearly tradition, the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Tribute.
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One thing the CBO analysis does not measure is the effect of the BCRA provision that changes the inflationary rate of those yearly Medicaid caps to a less generous measure in 2025 and beyond.
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A senior Trump administration official also said there were no formal plans for Trump and Putin to meet in Hamburg, where the leaders of 20 of the world's richest nations will gather for the yearly conference.
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First Known Use of yearly
before 12th century
First Known Use of yearly
before 12th century
YEARLY Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of yearly for English Language Learners
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: happening, done, or made once each year
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: of or relating to one year
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