How to Use annualize in a Sentence

annualize

verb
  • Over three years, it's been 41% annualized vs minus 7% a year.
    — Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Plus, if the Fed does eventually cut rates, the yields are annualized.
    — Michelle Fox, CNBC, 28 Jan. 2026
  • For me, the rule of thumb is 12% annualized, or 1% a month or more, particularly if the underlying stock is highly volatile, is in a volatile industry, or has a lot of debt.
    — Michael Khouw, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2025
  • The 79-person startup has annualized revenue of more than $200 million a year, Forbes estimates, and isn’t profitable.
    — Jeff Kauflin, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • In terms of market appreciation alone, the Nasdaq Composite over the past three years has returned 28% annualized.
    — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Despite a 17% interest rate set by the Central Bank, inflation remains high at over 8% annualized, mainly due to war spending.
    — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Those offer nearly $10 in upside participation and offer a standstill yield of more than 3% ( > 22% annualized).
    — Michael Khouw, CNBC, 28 Nov. 2025
  • This is during a five year period where the discretionary sector has annualized 8% a year and the S & P 500 has annualized 13% a year.
    — Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Behind them, hedge funds and litigation financiers are bankrolling lawsuits with high-interest, non-recourse loans – sometimes exceeding 20 percent annualized – in exchange for a handsome cut of the winnings.
    — Adam Kovacevich, Oc Register, 18 Aug. 2025
  • According to Prequin data, Kimmeridge funds have delivered an average annualized 27% since 2012.
    — Christopher Helman, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Yet OpenAI and Anthropic have annualized revenues of about $25 billion and $19 billion, respectively.
    — Ganesh Sitaraman, Time, 26 Mar. 2026

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