1
: reckoned by the year
2
: occurring, appearing, made, done, or acted upon every year or once a year : annual
Examples of yearly in a Sentence
Adjective
She renews her lease on a yearly basis.
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Staff Author, PEOPLE, 25 Dec. 2025
The religious symbol was recently lit during the office's first-ever Hanukkah ceremony at the Downtown Miami office in what will become a yearly tradition.
—Steven Yablonski, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2025
Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 27 Dec. 2025
This is not the case for an HSA (health savings account), which rolls over yearly and even stays with you between jobs.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 26 Dec. 2025
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Adjective
The yearly tradition sees the royals head to church and greet members of the public afterward.
—Staff Author, PEOPLE, 25 Dec. 2025
The religious symbol was recently lit during the office's first-ever Hanukkah ceremony at the Downtown Miami office in what will become a yearly tradition.
—Steven Yablonski, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2025
Adverb
Baca also says that another way to keep your heat pump or furnace safe and running properly is to schedule routine maintenance yearly.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 27 Dec. 2025
This is not the case for an HSA (health savings account), which rolls over yearly and even stays with you between jobs.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 26 Dec. 2025
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“Yearly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yearly. Accessed 29 Dec. 2025.
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