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annual

[an-yoo-uhl] / ˈæn ju əl /
ADJECTIVE
occurring, done yearly
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ADJECTIVE
lasting for a year
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NOUN
book produced once a year
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Goldfish is one of its four biggest brands, with $1 billion in annual sales.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

When the dusting of snow and ice thawed, 200 tribal citizens joined on the land for the tribe’s annual family reunion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

That’s the annual sales generated by Goldfish, making it one of Campbell’s four biggest brands.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

Using our model, which adjusts for substantial under-reporting, annual deaths may range from 274,000 to 513,000.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

At its annual convention in Washington, DC, a group of women offered a resolution officially dissociating the group from Stanton and The Woman's Bible.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

Where there had been a jungle of weeds and vines, perennials and annuals bloomed thanks to avid volunteer gardeners and contributions from locals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025

And the exception was the 80th anniversary of the first book, when the Dundee-based publisher released The Broons and Oor Wullie annuals in the same year.

From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2023

First they arrive early in the growing season, when moisture can prompt invasive Mediterranean annuals to push up quickly.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2023

These plant species include ferns, herbs, shrubs, vines and trees, annuals and perennials, grasses and forbs, plants of the tropics, subtropics, temperate and boreal zones, and conifers.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2023

The combination of these two factors—a high diversity of species and a high percentage of annuals—means that western Eurasia’s Mediterranean zone is the one with by far the highest diversity of annuals.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond


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