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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Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 10 Jan. 2026
Additionally, a share of the state’s sports-betting fund would be used for stadium maintenance, as would the team’s $7 million annual rent.
—Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 10 Jan. 2026
Associate News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
Instead, it's marked as the first annual.
—Conor Wight, CBS News, 16 Nov. 2025
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The Art Directors Guild’s and Casting Society’s nominations for their annual awards, respectively, were also interesting.
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What To Know This week marks the 10th annual , an initiative of the IRS and its Security Summit partners, including state tax agencies, the tax preparation industry, software developers, payroll and financial institutions.
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College leaders also credit their work to reduce campus costs — laundry is free and students get yearly credits for textbooks, for example.—
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Inside, the planner offers a yearly overview, monthly spreads, and weekly planning.—
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While her husband denies having a crush on her in high school, Sarah believes actions — and old yearbook notes — speak louder than words.—
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In that moment, detective Priya fatally shoots Lexi, having rushed to the house after making the connection from a yearbook and the trail of friendship bracelets that Anna, Lexi, and the victims all knew each other.—
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Letters will be mailed in December to let beneficiaries know what their new monthly will be, SSA said.—
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The monthlies are a relatively low $790, although the building is self-managed.—
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The stock sank nearly 11% following a strong Thursday evening quarterly beat and guidance raise that got overshadowed by some misinterpreted remarks by management on the earnings call.—
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My closet is currently undergoing its quarterly changing of the guard — a.k.a.—
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Researchers are also banking DNA, creating a kind of reef edition of Noah’s Ark.—
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With each new commercial edition, the cast, and especially the older red-haired gentleman with glasses, assume new roles.—
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While the delivery of blood to your organs, tissues, and muscles is already tightly regulated, exercise, like jumping, can increase this, according to Wickham.—
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Next up is none other than The U, yet another member of the college football hoi polloi, in a championship game that might require organ donation to get a ticket.—
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Chas Newkey-Burden has been part of The Week Digital team for more than a decade and a journalist for 25 years, starting out on the irreverent football weekly 90 Minutes, before moving to lifestyle magazines Loaded and Attitude.—
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Welcome back to In the Loop, TIME’s new twice-weekly newsletter about AI.—
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Those who recorded the most steps on average daily, measured by a pedometer, lowered their rate of cognitive decline by up to 54% compared to those who were inactive.—
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However, the stars of the show here are its handmade soba and udon noodles, made fresh daily by owner and noodle master Seiji Akutsu.—
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“Annual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/annual. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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