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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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Trustees—of which she is one—have wanted someone with global name recognition and who can deftly host the VIPs crucial to keeping the Davos machinery well-funded and the annual conference well-attended.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

Next month countries will gather for the annual climate conference - COP31.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

Inflation, as measured by the Fed’s favored personal-consumption-expenditure price index, was running at a 3.6% annual rate in September.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

AstraZeneca aims to free up funds to reinvest into its pipeline and meet its goal of $80 billion in annual revenue by 2030.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

Camille tagged along to help in the kitchen, and Andre joined Lisa-Marie Anne’s family for their annual canoe trip.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

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

The iconic Blue Peter annuals began to appear with their mixture of entertaining but also informative articles.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2025

Koons said he’s excited to use native succulents and drought-tolerant plants as well as perennials and annuals that will provide a richness of color.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2025

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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