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
And so, our commentary during heavy snow differs from people accustomed to yearly snowfalls.
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Valerie Fraser Luesse, Southern Living, 22 Jan. 2026
Both of those faculty members were on the tenure track, while Polak is employed on a yearly contract basis.
—Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 21 Jan. 2026
California, the researchers said, leads the country in both yearly acres burned by wildfire and rates of childhood autism diagnoses.
—Berkeley Lovelace Jr, NBC news, 20 Jan. 2026
Our yearly preseason collab with Sarah Blaskovich on the foods of Globe Life Field is always a highlight.
—Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 20 Jan. 2026
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Valerie Fraser Luesse, Southern Living, 22 Jan. 2026
Both of those faculty members were on the tenure track, while Polak is employed on a yearly contract basis.
—Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 21 Jan. 2026
California, the researchers said, leads the country in both yearly acres burned by wildfire and rates of childhood autism diagnoses.
—Berkeley Lovelace Jr, NBC news, 20 Jan. 2026
Our yearly preseason collab with Sarah Blaskovich on the foods of Globe Life Field is always a highlight.
—Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 20 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for yearly
Adjective
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Brad Marchand found a way to spoil the ending of Minnesota’s annual celebration of hockey.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
25 Jan. 2026
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Trump’s second term came on the heels of the S&P 500’s first back-to-back annual gains of more than 20% since the 1990s.—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
25 Jan. 2026
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The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers revealed that new energy vehicles accounted for more than half of all monthly vehicle sales in December 2025.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Jan. 2026
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Beacon derived the industry data from the state EDD’s official monthly reports.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
22 Jan. 2026
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Millions upon millions of people are using generative AI as their ongoing advisor on mental health considerations (note that ChatGPT alone has over 900 million weekly active users, a notable proportion of which dip into mental health aspects, see my analysis at the link here).—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
25 Jan. 2026
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Krista Kafer,
Denver Post,
25 Jan. 2026
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“Yearly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yearly. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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