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An example use of annual in a speech by a native speaker of british english:
“… you can have annual profit you can make …”
Annual means happening once a year.
the word annual occurs in english on average 81.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.