as in yearly
occurring once every year
Much of the city's elite attend the museum's annual gala, and it has grown in prominence with each passing year. The couple had booked a cruise for their annual vacation away from the kids.
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as in yearbook
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 annual
Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 7 Feb. 2026
The annual Congressional App Challenge promotes youth participation in science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Feb. 2026
Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Jan. 2026
Tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, zucchini and many other common garden plants are annuals: seeded in spring and finished by the fall.
—Kate Morgan, Washington Post, 23 Jan. 2026
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Adjective
Even though snowy weather kept some at home, over 1,800 runners and walkers participated in the annual race.
—Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 7 Feb. 2026
The annual Congressional App Challenge promotes youth participation in science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Feb. 2026
Noun
Start seeds of warm season annuals and long-lasting perennials.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Jan. 2026
Tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, zucchini and many other common garden plants are annuals: seeded in spring and finished by the fall.
—Kate Morgan, Washington Post, 23 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for annual
Adjective
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The yearly event highlights successes and key issues in Native communities as well as a forum to strengthen government-to-government relationships.—
Caitlin Looby,
jsonline.com,
11 Feb. 2026
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The $389 million bond is up for a vote after the school district evaluated its most immediate needs that yearly operational costs would not cover.—
Kendrick Calfee
February 11,
Kansas City Star,
11 Feb. 2026
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Bridgerton treats it as though every woman got multiples of their yearbook photo to hand around as headshots, and Benedict’s taking what would have been treasured personal heirlooms and just shuffling through them and tossing out anyone with the wrong hair color.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
11 Feb. 2026
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In his high-school yearbook, he was asked about his desires for the future.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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Renters in Los Angeles and Orange counties saw slight progress: Wages outpaced rents by 0.2 percentage points – No. 10 nationally – 4.8% annual rent growth to $2,882 monthly vs. 5% yearly wage increases.—
Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
6 Feb. 2026
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The Chicago Reader, the groundbreaking alternative weekly which has been on the brink of dissolution for years, will become a monthly in February under new owners, who are looking to reinvent the storied newspaper while turning red ink to black.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Jan. 2026
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In the Haymarket, one of Beaverbrook’s first-floor suites, vintage Oscar Wilde posters coexist with a hardbound edition of the defunct British quarterly The Yellow Book.—
Sheila Yasmin Marikar,
Air Mail,
24 Jan. 2026
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Section 4475, however, requires remittance transfer providers to remit the tax quarterly.—
Carrie Brandon Elliot,
Forbes.com,
20 Jan. 2026
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The February edition of the trade show also marked the integration of the Linexpo showcase dedicated to lingerie, hosiery, swimwear, loungewear and accessories.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
13 Feb. 2026
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Billboard can exclusively announce that Doja Cat will headline the third edition of Move Afrika, in partnership with pgLang and Kendrick Lamar, performing at Rwanda’s BK Arena on March 17 and South Africa’s SunBet Arena on March 20.—
Kyle Denis,
Billboard,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Supports Liver Health Coffee can help protect the liver, the body’s filtering organ.—
Cory Martin,
Verywell Health,
5 Feb. 2026
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The same healing processes that ensure recovery from lighter burns also can cause intense scarring, inflammation, and even organ failure in more severe cases.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
5 Feb. 2026
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The newspaper’s archives cinched it, with a mention in the Register’s Anaheim Hills weekly of a Rebecca Black appearing in a community youth theater musical.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
13 Feb. 2026
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Together with Shaway Yeh, then group style editorial director of Modern Media, Lim transformed Modern Weekly, a regional lifestyle weekly founded by the Chinese entrepreneur Thomas Shao in 1993, into a Chinese media powerhouse known for forging creative ties with both global and Asian creatives.—
Denni Hu,
Footwear News,
11 Feb. 2026
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The Register staff won 11 first-place awards, nine second-place awards and three third-place awards across different categories in its size class for Iowa dailies.—
Lucia Cheng,
Des Moines Register,
6 Feb. 2026
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In a rare interview last year with French financial daily Les Echos, Emmanuel Besnier said the commodity is the company’s backbone, with diversification focused on expanding geographically and into related products like yogurt.—
Tara Patel,
Fortune,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Annual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/annual. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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