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

Examples of annually in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Best-selling drugs like AbbVie’s Humira, for one, have reached annual sales of more $20 billion annually. Bruce Gil, Quartz, 8 May 2024 There are roughly 2,000 hospitalizations for neurocysticercosis annually in the United States, according to the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases. Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2024 In all of 2020 and 2021, the bonds paid 0.2% a year on average, giving Harry a piddling $6,000 annually. Shawn Tully, Fortune, 7 May 2024 Beef cattle sales and sales of breeding stock generate a total economic impact of more than $900 million annually, according to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Ana Goñi-Lessan, USA TODAY, 5 May 2024 The Kentucky Derby, established in 1875 and run annually on the first Saturday in May, is now nearly 150 years old. Tabitha Parent, Peoplemag, 4 May 2024 Until this year, those quotas were set annually for Schedule II drugs, including morphine and other injectable opioids that hospitals regularly use. Rachel Cohrs Zhang Reprints, STAT, 2 May 2024 Also, the Missy Franklin ’13 Endowed Scholarship was announced thanks to a gift from fellow alum, John Sheridan, that will be awarded annually to a female student. Andy Cross, The Denver Post, 26 Apr. 2024 Prime membership is $15.99 per month or $139 annually, while the standalone Prime Video service is $8.99 monthly. Danielle Directo-Meston, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Apr. 2024

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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 15 May. 2024.

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