1
: reckoned by the year
2
: occurring, appearing, made, done, or acted upon every year or once a year : annual
Examples of yearly in a Sentence
Adjective
She renews her lease on a yearly basis.
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Chuck Brooks, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
The submersible has been chronicling the Titanic’s decay and the underwater ecosystem around it via yearly voyages since 2021.
—Danielle Directo-Meston, HollywoodReporter, 27 May 2025
David Bauder, Twin Cities, 28 May 2025
Two underpasses costing $330,000 in the Lake Champlain Valley are a model effort showing how a Vermont community rallied behind thousands of tiny salamanders scurrying over the road yearly to safeguard the wildlife migrations.
—Noël Fletcher, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
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Adjective
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), NASA, the Space Force, and the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) work together to produce the yearly State of the Space Industrial Base report.
—Chuck Brooks, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
The submersible has been chronicling the Titanic’s decay and the underwater ecosystem around it via yearly voyages since 2021.
—Danielle Directo-Meston, HollywoodReporter, 27 May 2025
Adverb
Congress has appropriated $535 million yearly to CPB for 2025, 2026 and 2027.
—David Bauder, Twin Cities, 28 May 2025
Two underpasses costing $330,000 in the Lake Champlain Valley are a model effort showing how a Vermont community rallied behind thousands of tiny salamanders scurrying over the road yearly to safeguard the wildlife migrations.
—Noël Fletcher, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
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“Yearly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yearly. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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