as in yearbooks
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 annuals
These tender plants can’t survive freezing temperatures, so they are often grown as annuals in areas with cold winters.
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Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 23 Oct. 2025
Growing flowering herbs, annuals, perennials, and cover crops such as clover beneath apple trees attracts pollinators and helps apple trees fruit better.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Oct. 2025
As will garden pinks, the next most cold-hardy annuals.
—Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Oct. 2025
Friedman said the move will enable its majority independent garden center customers to order more perennials, annuals and vegetables.
—Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 16 Oct. 2025
Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 23 Oct. 2025
Growing flowering herbs, annuals, perennials, and cover crops such as clover beneath apple trees attracts pollinators and helps apple trees fruit better.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Oct. 2025
As will garden pinks, the next most cold-hardy annuals.
—Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Oct. 2025
Friedman said the move will enable its majority independent garden center customers to order more perennials, annuals and vegetables.
—Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 16 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for annuals
Noun
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This activation will eventually lead to the development of male reproductive organs.—
Sherri Gordon,
Health,
2 Nov. 2025
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Well, that’s not going to happen…but there is a company that is taking organs and using partial reprogramming to rejuvenate them.—
Dominique Mosbergen,
Time,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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News of Dye’s effort circulated widely within the conservative movement press, including in the periodicals Human Events and Liberty Lobby, as well as hyper-local conservative newspapers like the Birmingham Independent in Alabama.—
Time,
Time,
7 Oct. 2025
Noun
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That storied history will continue now that the 54-year-old publication is being acquired by Noisy Creek — the media company that bought alternative weeklies in Seattle and Portland, Oregon — The Stranger and the Portland Mercury.—
Darcel Rockett,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Aug. 2025
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Susan Orlean’s memoir promises insight not only into her start at alt-weeklies, her journalism, and her brilliant narrative nonfiction works, but also provides a blueprint for how to live a creative life.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 July 2025
Noun
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Organized by Byron Coley, the Forced Exposure critic turned record label owner and jack-of-all-music-trades, the website hosts a selection of Albini’s rare vinyl records, concert posters, weird books, vintage T-shirts, unique artwork, poker items, and more belongings each week for fans to buy.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
29 Oct. 2025
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The candidates have positioned themselves around hot-button topics including private-school vouchers, access to books, and whether signs with inclusive messages should be allowed in classrooms.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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And it will be felt when New Yorkers open their newspapers in the morning and read headlines of success, not scandal.—
TIME Video,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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The whole package—the coffee, cigarettes, suits, newspapers—surely a legacy of his youth in Vienna.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The franchise subsequently expanded with serials for radio and film — including Universal’s 1939 serial starring Buster Crabbe — as well as NBC’s Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, multiple comic and novel adaptations and a lucrative merchandising run.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
29 Oct. 2025
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Struzan partnered with artist Charles White III for 20th Century Fox to create the old-fashioned one-sheet that perfectly captures the spirit of classic Saturday matinee serials.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Annuals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/annuals. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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