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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Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 June 2025
The yearly amount of $528 is a fee for trash pickup, not a tax.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 2025
Jesus 'chuy' Garcia, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2025
In the past, lawmakers created those sales tax holidays but needed to approve them yearly.
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Adjective
The local event is part of a yearly nationwide ham radio open house, during which more than 40,000 amateur radio clubs throughout North America set up temporary transmitting stations in public places to demonstrate its science, skill, and service to communities and the nation.
—Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 June 2025
The yearly amount of $528 is a fee for trash pickup, not a tax.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 2025
Adverb
Estimates show immigrants pay nearly $580 billion in federal, state and local taxes yearly; unauthorized immigrants alone pay approximately $100 billion, and that doesn’t even include the millions of U.S.-born citizens with immigrant families.
—Jesus 'chuy' Garcia, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2025
In the past, lawmakers created those sales tax holidays but needed to approve them yearly.
—Skyler Swisher, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 June 2025
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“Yearly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yearly. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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