annual report

American  

noun

1. a document reporting to stockholders on management and operations and containing fiscal information, published yearly by a publicly held corporation as required by federal law.

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annual report British  

noun

1. a report presented by the directors of a company to its shareholders each year, containing the profit-and-loss account, the balance sheet, and details of the past year's activity

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annual report

Climate change is increasingly reshaping the polar oceans, with Arctic waters warming rapidly, sea ice shrinking and wildlife losing habitat at both ends of the planet, an annual report said Wednesday.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

But only about 830,000 cellphones were reported stolen or robbed in 2025, according to the annual report, which draws on police data.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

According to the annual report prepared by the independent administrator of Kaiser’s system, the “most common” complaint the office heard last year was about the neutral arbitrator.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

Colombia has again topped the list of countries with the highest number of killings of land and environmental activists, according to an annual report by campaign group Global Witness, external.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

In PIH’s 1993 annual report, Farmer wrote that the organization should never change its basic mission—serving Haiti—or soften its message in order to broaden its appeal.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French