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
Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2025
Kings Fan Fest and open practice The Sacramento Kings will hold their annual Fan Fest and open practice Saturday at Golden 1 Center, giving fans a free chance to see the team before the regular season tips off.
—Marcus Smith, Sacbee.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Oct. 2025
The 49th annual Thomas M. Donahue Roslindale Day Parade, named after the former president of the parade committee and champion of the neighborhood, kicked off in 1975, occurring on the first or second Sunday of every October.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 5 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
Overall, Idol said the firm has plans to ramp Michael Kors sales up eventually to $4 billion in annual revenues, from $3 billion last year.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2025
Kings Fan Fest and open practice The Sacramento Kings will hold their annual Fan Fest and open practice Saturday at Golden 1 Center, giving fans a free chance to see the team before the regular season tips off.
—Marcus Smith, Sacbee.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
Look for fall annuals and perennials (like hardy chrysanthemums, aster, and marigolds) that will bloom until the first frost.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Oct. 2025
The 49th annual Thomas M. Donahue Roslindale Day Parade, named after the former president of the parade committee and champion of the neighborhood, kicked off in 1975, occurring on the first or second Sunday of every October.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 5 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for annual
Adjective
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Residents would have to pay a yearly subscription fee for eight additional biweekly pickups from June through the end of September.—
Bridget Fogarty,
jsonline.com,
20 Oct. 2025
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Spanish newspaper El Pais reported that, before the COVID-19 pandemic, the island received 156,000 yearly visitors — and $120 million in annual tourist revenue.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
19 Oct. 2025
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The popular reptile became TCU’s mascot in 1897 when yearbook editors photographed horny toads covering the football field.—
Hollace Ava Weiner,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Oct. 2025
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Last year, someone found a moped, another person found a yearbook from the 1940s, and a beer keg-sized perfume bottle, Sylvester said.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The $750 monthlies are pretty painless (though the building is self-managed) and get you a 49-square-foot storage locker in addition to the five closets throughout the apartment.—
Matthew Sedacca,
Curbed,
29 Sep. 2025
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Over the five months, average premiums declined for 19 of the 90 home insurance companies regulated by the state, according to a South Florida Sun Sentinel analysis of Residential Market Share Reports that the office this year began releasing on a monthly, in addition to quarterly, basis.—
Ron Hurtibise,
Sun Sentinel,
11 Aug. 2025
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However, heavy spenders who consistently exceed $3,000 quarterly in dining, airfare, or hotels may find the caps limiting.—
Jeff Fromm,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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During his first term, Trump publicly asked the SEC on X, then still known as Twitter, to study shifting company disclosures from a quarterly to semiannual basis, stating business leaders felt less frequent reporting would allow for greater flexibility and long-term planning.—
Nino Paoli,
Fortune,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The findings of the study have been published in the September print edition of Ceramics International.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Oct. 2025
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My Chem came back in a big way this year with their Black Parade stadium tour, and the release of the deluxe edition of Revenge.—
James Factora,
Them.,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In a cemetery shed, the doctors performed more than three thousand autopsies, which revealed that starvation softened the bones and atrophied vital organs.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
18 Oct. 2025
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Their arms had fallen off; their internal organs hung outside their bodies.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In order to reach him, messages had to be relayed by his lieutenants, who went on twice-weekly walks with him.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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She was detained as part of ICE raids in her city and was released on bond, but is required to give ICE her location weekly, the complaint said.—
Sophie Carson,
jsonline.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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According to French daily Le Parisien, the thieves entered through a section of the museum under construction along the Seine River.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
19 Oct. 2025
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In this safe house, Etminan went through dailies on a 2020 MacBook Air hooked up to a widescreen TV.—
Hugh Hart,
IndieWire,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Annual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/annual. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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