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
The spokesperson added Chait’s yearly salary as acting superintendent is $395,867.
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Teresa Liu, Daily News, 23 Apr. 2026
The raise would nearly double the yearly amount the city spends on paying council members from $18,000 to $35,100.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2026
The yearly Tulip Time Festival is another great reason to head to this quaint Michigan town—millions of tulips are planted across Holland, so visit in spring to see the beautiful flowers in bloom.
—Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 21 Apr. 2026
The massive 2025 tax-and-spending law netted the Department of Homeland Security an unprecedented US$165 billion in yearly funding.
—Anne Toomey McKenna, The Conversation, 21 Apr. 2026
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Teresa Liu, Daily News, 23 Apr. 2026
The raise would nearly double the yearly amount the city spends on paying council members from $18,000 to $35,100.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2026
The yearly Tulip Time Festival is another great reason to head to this quaint Michigan town—millions of tulips are planted across Holland, so visit in spring to see the beautiful flowers in bloom.
—Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 21 Apr. 2026
The massive 2025 tax-and-spending law netted the Department of Homeland Security an unprecedented US$165 billion in yearly funding.
—Anne Toomey McKenna, The Conversation, 21 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for yearly
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Jonathan Ernst | Reuters Agents stand guard after an incident at the annual White House Correspondents Association Dinner April 25, 2026 in Washington, DC.—
Terri Cullen,Adam Jeffery,
CNBC,
26 Apr. 2026
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Rebecca Morin The White House Correspondents Association, a nonprofit member organization of journalists who cover the presidency, hosts an annual dinner each year that brings together members of the press, lawmakers and celebrities.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2026
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Employees were immediately forced to pay about 40% of the cost of their monthly premiums.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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Since then, several Spotify artists have similarly amassed millions of monthly listeners despite being suspected of being AI.—
Angela Yang,
NBC news,
30 Apr. 2026
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In one of the health plans, for example, an OCPS teacher who insured a spouse or domestic partner would see the bi-weekly, per-paycheck costs rise from about $300 this year to $675 next year.—
Steven Walker,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 Apr. 2026
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The students have been studying jazz big band repertoire, improvisation techniques and the art of ensemble performance weekly with Larson, Rick Salonen from the University of Arkansas and Ryan Yumang from the University of North Texas.—
Eric E. Harrison,
Arkansas Online,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Yearly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yearly. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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