1
: reckoned by the year
2
: occurring, appearing, made, done, or acted upon every year or once a year : annual
Examples of yearly in a Sentence
Adjective
She renews her lease on a yearly basis.
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Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 5 Feb. 2026
Those who adopt a dog with MisPits and Friends Rescue will receive a free Club K9 yearly membership.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 5 Feb. 2026
R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2026
Walz offered these remarks just two days before Holocaust Remembrance Day, which is marked yearly on January 27, the day that soldiers in the Red Army liberated Auschwitz-Birkenau.
—Peter E. Gordon, The New York Review of Books, 7 Feb. 2026
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Adjective
Big Slick organizers said Thursday that the yearly weekend’s popular celebrity softball game won’t take place.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 5 Feb. 2026
Those who adopt a dog with MisPits and Friends Rescue will receive a free Club K9 yearly membership.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 5 Feb. 2026
Adverb
Aurora has held a remembrance event yearly on the anniversary of the mass shooting.
—R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2026
Walz offered these remarks just two days before Holocaust Remembrance Day, which is marked yearly on January 27, the day that soldiers in the Red Army liberated Auschwitz-Birkenau.
—Peter E. Gordon, The New York Review of Books, 7 Feb. 2026
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“Yearly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yearly. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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