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
Winter annuals, such as annual bluegrass, henbit, common chickweed, and wild mustard, germinate in the fall and appear in early spring.
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Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 14 Mar. 2026
Cool season annuals and perennials will have different soil temperature thresholds for germination and success.
—Heather Zidack, Hartford Courant, 14 Mar. 2026
Most begonia varieties are grown as annuals in cooler climates.
—Derek Carwood, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Mar. 2026
Most growers cultivate tender perennial herbs like basil as annuals and allow their plants to die back in fall.
—Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 11 Mar. 2026
The target date for planting summer annuals and vegetables has been moving over the last several years.
—Chris McKeown, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Mar. 2026
Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 14 Mar. 2026
Cool season annuals and perennials will have different soil temperature thresholds for germination and success.
—Heather Zidack, Hartford Courant, 14 Mar. 2026
Most begonia varieties are grown as annuals in cooler climates.
—Derek Carwood, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Mar. 2026
Most growers cultivate tender perennial herbs like basil as annuals and allow their plants to die back in fall.
—Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 11 Mar. 2026
The target date for planting summer annuals and vegetables has been moving over the last several years.
—Chris McKeown, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for annuals
Noun
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Büchi approaches classical music not like an embalmer with a corpse but as a surgeon with a patient, taking a scalpel to the vestigial organs.—
Walden Green,
Pitchfork,
13 Mar. 2026
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Deep endometriosis causes adhesions, or areas of scar tissue, in organs around the uterus.—
Tanya Lewis,
Scientific American,
12 Mar. 2026
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Designate a place near the entryway for all mail, periodicals, and paper forms.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
13 Jan. 2026
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His houses were featured in such prominent periodicals as Life magazine in the 1950s and Vogue in 1972.—
Edward Keegan,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Jan. 2026
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The original ownership group sold the Reader in 2007 to Creative Loafing, a small chain of alternative weeklies based in Atlanta.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Jan. 2026
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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
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The average PhalloFILL patient books four to six sessions, which cost between $2,500 and $4,000 a pop, per the doc.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
12 Mar. 2026
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As the Creature befriends a blind man (David Bradley), who has shared his love of books, Elordi's character explores his sense of self, and his sense of purpose, and seeks answers – in literature, and in his own fragmented memories.—
David Morgan,
CBS News,
12 Mar. 2026
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Astrologer Magi Helena's Your Daily Astrology column is syndicated to hundreds of newspapers worldwide, with a daily readership in the millions.—
Magi Helena,
Dallas Morning News,
14 Mar. 2026
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From 1930-1940 the Academy kept the results secret but gave an advance list to newspapers to enable next-day publication.—
Kurt Snibbe,
Oc Register,
14 Mar. 2026
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While Star Wars has historically borrowed its tone from B-movies and swashbuckling serials, Rogue One brought a new, more serious approach to its subject matter.—
Katie Rife,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Nov. 2025
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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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“Annuals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/annuals. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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