Thesaurus results for ANNUALS

annuals

noun

plural of annual

as in yearbooks

a book or magazine that is published once a year The society releases an annual that includes all the proceedings of its meetings during the year

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Recent Examples of annuals Filling porch and patio planters with fall-blooming annuals and festive foliage plants is an easy way to add color to your space and curb appeal to your home. — Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 28 Sep. 2026 Since tropical hibiscus can’t survive freezing temperatures, they can be grown as annuals or overwinter indoors in cold regions. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 14 Sep. 2026 During this time, annuals often redirect their energy toward maturing seeds instead of flowers. — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Sep. 2026 There are the annuals that go from flower to seed in one growing season and only overwinter as seed in the soil. — Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 14 Aug. 2026

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Noun

Her left upper arm was never recovered, and her internal organs were still missing.

— Samantha Bergeson, Time, 22 Oct. 2026
Her only son was at her bedside alone, tasked with the decision to donate her organs.

— Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 20 Oct. 2026

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Gates, who now stewards the photographic archives and periodicals of the Johnson Publishing Company, has exhibited it in different forms.

— Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026
When word spread that the Chief Librarian of the Army was paying a visit, soldiers rushed to request their favorite periodicals and book genres.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of periodicals

Noun

Some of these digital pamphlets provide terse, functional updates while others act as the successors to bygone alt-weeklies, covering cultural happenings and carrying out local-interest investigations.

— Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 14 May 2026
The Southern California News Group is made up of 11 daily news publications and several weeklies throughout Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties.

— Michele Cardon, Daily News, 13 Apr. 2026

Definition of weeklies

Noun

Partly inspired by her time working as a museum security guard, they are often accompanied by water bottles, cushions, books, or other belongings that give a sense of the presence of the person who sits there.

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 27 Oct. 2026
Sam Wasson, one of Hollywood’s preeminent historians and biographers, has published searching books on the lives and works of Francis Ford Coppola, Paul Mazursky, Blake Edwards and Roman Polanski.

— Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of books

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In Iran, the largest newspapers avoided mentioning the elections on their front pages this morning — a deliberate move to signal disinterest in the consequential vote.

— Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2026
The diagnosis exploded in popularity and was widely blamed on railroads, radios, telegraphs, newspapers, and the industrialization of the times.

— Kirsten Balin, STAT, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of newspapers

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Eventually, Saint found steady work on radio serials and early television dramas.

— Valerie J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
But there was a time when comic-book heroes appeared on movie screens only sparingly — particularly between the waning days of old serials and the premiere of Superman in 1978.

— Jesse Hassenger, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Aug. 2026

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