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
If your flowering plants are spent, add some quick-growing annuals for a pop of color in the garden.
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Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2025
If your containers excessively dried out during one of the recent spells of hot weather, your annuals may have been damaged and may need some tender loving care to recover.
—Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
Notoriously fast-growing weeds include annuals and perennials.
—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Aug. 2025
Yes, North Wilkesboro gets a race that actually means something, its first points-paying race since 1996, but at the expense of Dover Motor Speedway a storied track in the annuals of the sport.
—Greg Engle, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Start seeds of cool-season annuals, such as calendula and stock.
—Tina Chen, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2025
Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2025
If your containers excessively dried out during one of the recent spells of hot weather, your annuals may have been damaged and may need some tender loving care to recover.
—Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
Notoriously fast-growing weeds include annuals and perennials.
—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Aug. 2025
Yes, North Wilkesboro gets a race that actually means something, its first points-paying race since 1996, but at the expense of Dover Motor Speedway a storied track in the annuals of the sport.
—Greg Engle, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Start seeds of cool-season annuals, such as calendula and stock.
—Tina Chen, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for annuals
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No team can carve the organs out of its fan base with a blowtorch and rusty pliers quite like the Browns.—
Jason Lloyd,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Therfe are also the transversus abdominus muscles that sit deeper in your abdomen and help stabilize the trunk and shield your organs.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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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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In recent years, Clinton – once an NBC correspondent in the same vein as fellow former first kid Jenna Bush Hager – has instead focused on global health advocacy and authoring books, with and without her mom.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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The other benefits included in the new program include; access to exclusive Prime events and deals; Prime Video (with ads); Prime Reading; access to third-party benefits; digital content such as audio books, eBooks, games and more.—
Matthew Robinson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Other Australian newspapers and Sky News Australia are also under the company’s ownership.—
Solcyré Burga,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
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There is also a desire for infamy and to have their names and faces splashed across the internet and newspapers for a spurt of violence.—
Eric Levenson,
CNN Money,
7 Sep. 2025
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Weekly serials are compiled in paperback collections, called tankobon, that are sold in bookstores.—
Matt Alt,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
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“Annuals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/annuals. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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