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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Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 10 Jan. 2026
Additionally, a share of the state’s sports-betting fund would be used for stadium maintenance, as would the team’s $7 million annual rent.
—Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 10 Jan. 2026
Associate News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
Instead, it's marked as the first annual.
—Conor Wight, CBS News, 16 Nov. 2025
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The Art Directors Guild’s and Casting Society’s nominations for their annual awards, respectively, were also interesting.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 10 Jan. 2026
Additionally, a share of the state’s sports-betting fund would be used for stadium maintenance, as would the team’s $7 million annual rent.
—Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 10 Jan. 2026
Noun
What To Know This week marks the 10th annual , an initiative of the IRS and its Security Summit partners, including state tax agencies, the tax preparation industry, software developers, payroll and financial institutions.
—Associate News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
Instead, it's marked as the first annual.
—Conor Wight, CBS News, 16 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for annual
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College leaders also credit their work to reduce campus costs — laundry is free and students get yearly credits for textbooks, for example.—
Collin Binkley,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Jan. 2026
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Inside, the planner offers a yearly overview, monthly spreads, and weekly planning.—
Kristina Rutkowski,
Vogue,
6 Jan. 2026
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Record-release promo materials shared wall space with a massive blowup of Jimmy’s high school yearbook picture.—
Alex Ross,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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My junior high school yearbook picture drives that truth home.—
Josh Browning,
Big Think,
28 Oct. 2025
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Letters will be mailed in December to let beneficiaries know what their new monthly will be, SSA said.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
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The monthlies are a relatively low $790, although the building is self-managed.—
Matthew Sedacca,
Curbed,
18 Oct. 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
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Researchers are also banking DNA, creating a kind of reef edition of Noah’s Ark.—
Susan Casey,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Jan. 2026
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With each new commercial edition, the cast, and especially the older red-haired gentleman with glasses, assume new roles.—
Ticked Off,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 Jan. 2026
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The organ is dropped on the floor and a dog in the waiting room, who'd accidentally consumed marijuana, snaps it up and runs away with it.—
Ana Calderone,
PEOPLE,
8 Nov. 2025
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The new medication, however, targets only the liver, the organ responsible for synthesizing triglycerides and producing cholesterol while also removing excess cholesterol from the bloodstream.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
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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,
6 Jan. 2026
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Welcome back to In the Loop, TIME’s new twice-weekly newsletter about AI.—
Billy Perrigo,
Time,
6 Jan. 2026
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Those who recorded the most steps on average daily, measured by a pedometer, lowered their rate of cognitive decline by up to 54% compared to those who were inactive.—
Alice Park,
Time,
3 Nov. 2025
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However, the stars of the show here are its handmade soba and udon noodles, made fresh daily by owner and noodle master Seiji Akutsu.—
Mae Hamilton,
Travel + Leisure,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Annual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/annual. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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