as in yearly
occurring once every year
Much of the city's elite attend the museum's annual gala, and it has grown in prominence with each passing year. The couple had booked a cruise for their annual vacation away from the kids.
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as in yearbook
a book or magazine that is published once a year
The society releases an annual that includes all the proceedings of its meetings during the year
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Recent Examples of annual
Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 7 Feb. 2026
The annual Congressional App Challenge promotes youth participation in science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Feb. 2026
Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Jan. 2026
In colder areas, poinsettias can be cultivated as annuals or kept indoors as houseplants.
—Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 7 Jan. 2026
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Adjective
Even though snowy weather kept some at home, over 1,800 runners and walkers participated in the annual race.
—Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 7 Feb. 2026
The annual Congressional App Challenge promotes youth participation in science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Feb. 2026
Noun
Fay said garden staff would prioritize colorful annuals, like snapdragons, and winter greens, like cabbages, kale and mustard.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Jan. 2026
In colder areas, poinsettias can be cultivated as annuals or kept indoors as houseplants.
—Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 7 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for annual
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To my right, in the West Left guitar section, were a group of French guys in their fifties who’d turned Rockin’1000 into a yearly excuse for a guys’ trip.—
Jeff Miller,
Rolling Stone,
6 Feb. 2026
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Big Slick organizers said Thursday that the yearly weekend’s popular celebrity softball game won’t take place.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
5 Feb. 2026
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In his high-school yearbook, he was asked about his desires for the future.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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The cheer first appeared in a 1905 yearbook, according to the university.—
Brayden Garcia
January 26,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 Jan. 2026
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The Chicago Reader, the groundbreaking alternative weekly which has been on the brink of dissolution for years, will become a monthly in February under new owners, who are looking to reinvent the storied newspaper while turning red ink to black.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Jan. 2026
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Using daily disposable contacts instead of monthlies can also lower risk for infections.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
10 Jan. 2026
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In the Haymarket, one of Beaverbrook’s first-floor suites, vintage Oscar Wilde posters coexist with a hardbound edition of the defunct British quarterly The Yellow Book.—
Sheila Yasmin Marikar,
Air Mail,
24 Jan. 2026
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Section 4475, however, requires remittance transfer providers to remit the tax quarterly.—
Carrie Brandon Elliot,
Forbes.com,
20 Jan. 2026
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Now in its ninth edition, published in 2021, this is the true modern approach to city governance.—
Steven Falk,
Mercury News,
6 Feb. 2026
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The collection features 10,000 cards after the 1st edition sold out, with a lucky fan packing the one-of-one card live at the RAF05 fan zone reserved opening.—
Bradenton Herald Staff Reports,
Miami Herald,
6 Feb. 2026
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Supports Liver Health Coffee can help protect the liver, the body’s filtering organ.—
Cory Martin,
Verywell Health,
5 Feb. 2026
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The same healing processes that ensure recovery from lighter burns also can cause intense scarring, inflammation, and even organ failure in more severe cases.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
5 Feb. 2026
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Chas Newkey-Burden has been part of The Week Digital team for more than a decade and a journalist for 25 years, starting out on the irreverent football weekly 90 Minutes, before moving to lifestyle magazines Loaded and Attitude.—
Chas Newkey-Burden,
TheWeek,
5 Feb. 2026
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Richard Dunn, a longtime sportswriter, writes the Dunn Deal column regularly for The Orange County Register’s weekly, The Coastal Current North.—
Richard Dunn,
Oc Register,
5 Feb. 2026
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The Register staff won 11 first-place awards, nine second-place awards and three third-place awards across different categories in its size class for Iowa dailies.—
Lucia Cheng,
Des Moines Register,
6 Feb. 2026
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In a rare interview last year with French financial daily Les Echos, Emmanuel Besnier said the commodity is the company’s backbone, with diversification focused on expanding geographically and into related products like yogurt.—
Tara Patel,
Fortune,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Annual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/annual. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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