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
Deadheading helps these annuals last all summer long and keeps them looking neat.
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Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
30 June 2026
One way to garner interest is to create a multi-layered garden with a mix of trees, shrubs, perennials, annuals, groundcovers and bulbs.
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Luke Miller,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 June 2026
If your perennials and annuals get long and leggy with few flowers, or your shrubs put out long suckers that shoot straight up, your plants are reaching for more sun.
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Barbara Gillette,
The Spruce,
29 June 2026
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
30 June 2026
One way to garner interest is to create a multi-layered garden with a mix of trees, shrubs, perennials, annuals, groundcovers and bulbs.
—
Luke Miller,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 June 2026
If your perennials and annuals get long and leggy with few flowers, or your shrubs put out long suckers that shoot straight up, your plants are reaching for more sun.
—
Barbara Gillette,
The Spruce,
29 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for annuals
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The light is produced by specialized organs beneath the abdomen that take in oxygen.
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Once hatched, the larvae burrow into the host and feed on its internal organs.
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The center’s resources—all free—include more than a million books and periodicals, with 400 terminals and 75 staff members available to help dig through them.
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Galaxy, Analog, and Amazing Stories, those three periodicals – and our bathroom was piled high.
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Some of these digital pamphlets provide terse, functional updates while others act as the successors to bygone alt-weeklies, covering cultural happenings and carrying out local-interest investigations.
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The Southern California News Group is made up of 11 daily news publications and several weeklies throughout Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties.
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The Legislature’s independent fiscal analysts have also raised concerns that the state’s books remain vulnerable to the specter of a deep drop-off in the stock market.
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Barrett and Jackson each reported the most extensive travel of court justices promoting their books in 2025.
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Bay Area News Group competed in Division 1, the contest’s category for California’s largest newspapers.
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Mentions of her appeared in major newspapers during her career.
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There have been dozens and dozens of ceremonies on soaps over the past 80 years, including nuptials for infamous characters of daytime serials and fan-favorite supercouples.
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Several companies have begun to supply bite-sized dramas and serials for venues like TikTok or Meta’s Reels.
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“Annuals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/annuals. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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