annually

adverb

an·​nu·​al·​ly ˈan-yə(-wə)-lē How to pronounce annually (audio)
-yü-ə-
: once a year : each year
an event that occurs annually
a report that's published annually
She spends about $1,000 of her own money annually on additional supplies, and doesn't hesitate to let the children know it.Michael Winerip
More than 300,000 Americans undergo angioplasty annually to open clogged heart arteries and relieve chest pain.Melissa Williams

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But unseen, in underground pipelines that cut through vast fields of barley, flows about $5 billion annually worth of Canadian crude oil and natural gas, most of it from Alberta. Dee-Ann Durbin and Sally Ho, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2025 The Palmetto State experiences approximately 3,000 wildfires annually, burning an average of 18,000 acres—one of the highest rates in the nation considering the state's size and population, according to the South Carolina Forestry Commission. Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Mar. 2025 Compared to Georgia, which has no cap and spent more than $1 billion in 2024 subsidizing production, or New York, which offers $700 million in tax breaks annually, California’s financial incentives are paltry at best. Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 1 Mar. 2025 Efforts to increase production in L.A. began before the January flames, though, as California Gov. Gavin Newsom vowed in October to increase the state’s film and TV tax credits from their present level of $330 million a year to around $750 million annually. Katie Campione, Deadline, 1 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for annually

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1555, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of annually was circa 1555

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“Annually.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/annually. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.

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