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adjective

Definition of annualnext
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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noun

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
Adjective
Now, the company is hoping to move on from the turmoil with a new name — Veritant — and a promise to conduct annual audits of its wealth adviser rankings. — Benjamin Mullin, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026 Warsh will be speaking at the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, where he will be interviewed by IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva. — Steve Kopack, NBC news, 15 Oct. 2026
Noun
Yellow starthistle, scientific name Centaurea solstitialis, is a bushy summer-blooming annual, the California Invasive Plant Council said. — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 16 Sep. 2026 Since tropical hibiscus can’t survive freezing temperatures, they can be grown as annuals or overwinter indoors in cold regions. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 14 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for annual
Recent Examples of Synonyms for annual
  1. yearly
  2. yearbook
  3. monthly
  4. quarterly
  5. edition
  6. weekly
  7. organ
  8. daily
Adjective
  • Lance Leipold has heard the whispers through the years that perhaps Kansas’ football coach doesn’t place enough emphasis on the yearly Sunflower Showdown against Kansas State.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 12 Oct. 2026
  • This yearly bottleneck worsens as changing fee structures make costs hard to predict.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of yearly
Noun
  • James was previously Siira’s classmate at Mountain Home High School, class of 2011, according to a school yearbook reviewed by the Statesman.
    — Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 9 Oct. 2026
  • What to make of the fact that men who aim to control the future appear to have the handwriting of middle school boys signing a classmate’s yearbook?
    — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of yearbook
Noun
  • The scene caused Los Angeles Magazine publisher Christopher Gialanella to flee the event with promotional copies of the monthly under his arm, said a source.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The monthlies aren’t that bad for an Upper West Side condo — $1,892 — and get you a 24-hour doorman, a fitness center, bike storage, laundry room, and access to a courtyard.
    — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 9 Mar. 2026
Definition of monthly
Noun
  • Members plan to meet online quarterly and hold an annual general assembly during ACFM.
    — Lin Ying-Hsuan, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Reporting quarterly is good for investors and good for the company.
    — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 8 July 2026
Definition of quarterly
Noun
  • Read the full digital edition of today’s Fortune 500 Digest here.
    — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The Atlas Workshops, Marrakech Film Festival’s project development platform, has named Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho as the patron of its 9th edition and unveiled the 30 projects invited to participate.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of edition
Noun
  • The choice for the November 13 weekly was made to avoid Nvidia's earnings report, expected around November 18.
    — Julia Spina, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Aurora has signed up several hundred members in its first eight months, Lowenstein said, with more than half using the app daily and more than 85% weekly.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of weekly
Noun
  • There’s also evidence that those with alpha-gal syndrome cannot receive certain types of organ transplants.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The medical examiner's office said that there were 55 decomposing bodies found, and one bag of organs that authorities originally believed to be a different person, but that DNA testing confirmed belonged to one of the 55 bodies.
    — Todd Feurer, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of organ
Noun
  • Aurora has signed up several hundred members in its first eight months, Lowenstein said, with more than half using the app daily and more than 85% weekly.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Time a visit here for one of the daily shows where raptors — owls, falcons, condors and more — fly about with trainers.
    — Mindy Sink, Denver Post, 23 Sep. 2026
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