Thesaurus results for YEARLY

yearly

adjective

Definition of yearly

as in annual

occurring once every year The department store has a yearly clearance sale that attracts shoppers from all over the region.

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Recent Examples of yearly ZipRecruiter estimates the average yearly salary of $112,376. — Sacbee.com, 19 Aug. 2026 However, next door, Spain’s Non-Lucrative Visa requires a minimum yearly passive income of 28,800 euros (about $32,860), while Italy’s Elective Residence Visa dictates an annual private income stream of about €31,000 (about $35,250). — Brittany Chang, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Aug. 2026 Jacobs also started hosting his typically twice-yearly runway shows on his own schedule. — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 18 Aug. 2026 In fact, the band made an almost yearly pilgrimage to Fort Worth in the 1970s to play at the Tarrant County Convention Center (now known as the Fort Worth Convention Center). — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for yearly

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Those convicted on Friday were key leaders of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, the group responsible for organizing the annual remembrance until 2019.

— Chris Lau, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Last September the program was revised, but the bullet train secured its annual $1 billion share for the next 20 years.

— Dan Walters, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of annual

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Even those without broad name recognition, who were able to land leading roles in successful dramas, could make multiples of an average monthly urban wage.

— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
The advent of monthly, then weekly, and eventually same-day options expiry also expanded the calendar from the inside-out.

— Oliver Renick, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of monthly

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OpenRouter disclosed in May that weekly traffic had climbed from 5 trillion to 25 trillion tokens over six months.

— Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
The specific idea of a weekly roundup, however, emerged from a sidebar conversation Fitzgerald Mosley had with Travis Tygart, the CEO of the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA).

— Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 19 Aug. 2026

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