annually

[an-yoo-uh-lee]

adverb

1. once a year; each year.

   The school’s Harvest Dance has been held annually, on the first Saturday of October, for more than 125 years.

Word History and Origins

Origin of annually¹

First recorded in 1580–1600; annual ( def. ) + -ly ( def. )

Example Sentences

The Golden Gate National Recreation Area, among America’s busiest parks, draws some 17 million visitors annually.

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Central banks have been big buyers of gold, acquiring 1,000 tons annually in each of the last three years.

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If people are not certain if they are underinsured, “insurers encourage consumers to review their coverage annually and offer tools such as replacement-cost estimators.”

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It also spends millions annually in athlete support, from travel costs to supplying medical officials at meets.

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He finds that the funds underperform their targets by an average of 0.79 percentage point a month, or more than 9 percentage points annually.

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