annuals

noun

plural of annual
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 Salvia is a tremendously large group of plants comprising annuals and perennials. — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 7 July 2026 Ahead, gardening experts share the heat- and sun-loving annuals to plant in July, from cheerful border plants to towering blooms. — Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 5 July 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
  1. organs
  2. periodicals
  3. weeklies
  4. books
  5. newspapers
  6. serials
Noun
  • The structures produced during the mission were experimental tissues rather than complete organs suitable for transplantation.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 11 July 2026
  • The ovary is one of the most dynamically remodeling organs in the human body.
    — Rachel Martin, Hartford Courant, 11 July 2026
Definition of organs
Noun
  • 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.
    — Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 June 2026
  • Galaxy, Analog, and Amazing Stories, those three periodicals – and our bathroom was piled high.
    — Ben Mankiewicz, CBS News, 7 June 2026
Definition of periodicals
Noun
  • 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.
    — Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 14 May 2026
  • 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.
    — Michele Cardon, Daily News, 13 Apr. 2026
Definition of weeklies
Noun
  • Lately, Klassen has brought those anthropomorphic gifts to board books, those indestructible literary objects that are larger than a cellphone and smaller than a tablet and far better than either for your child’s attention span, mood, and gums.
    — Casey Cep, New Yorker, 7 July 2026
  • Greaney also co-authored several books in the Jack Ryan series created by Tom Clancy.
    — Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026
Definition of books
Noun
  • The newspapers allege the ChatGPT maker is hiding evidence important to what could be a landmark copyright infringement trial over how OpenAI and its business partner, Microsoft, built their AI technologies using millions of news articles.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 July 2026
  • At first glance, the title sounds like another lament for the decline of local newspapers.
    — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 9 July 2026
Definition of newspapers
Noun
  • 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.
    — Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 27 June 2026
  • Several companies have begun to supply bite-sized dramas and serials for venues like TikTok or Meta’s Reels.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 2 June 2026
Definition of serials

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