EACH YEAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does each year mean? 

• EACH YEAR (adverb)
  The adverb EACH YEAR has 2 senses:

1. without missing a year

2. by the year; every year (usually with reference to a sum of money paid or received)

  Familiarity information: EACH YEAR used as an adverb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EACH YEAR (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Without missing a year

Synonyms:

annually; each year; every year; yearly

Context example:

they travel to China annually

Sense 2

Meaning:

By the year; every year (usually with reference to a sum of money paid or received)

Synonyms:

annually; each year; p.a.; per annum; per year

Context example:

we issue six volumes per annum

 Context examples 

He said it had been estimated that 650,000-700,000 children worldwide die from pro-vitamin A deficiency each year with a further several hundred thousand going blind.

(Golden Bananas High in Pro-Vitamin A Developed, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Between 5% and 20% of people in the U.S. get the flu each year.

(Flu, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

The study shows an average subordinate spends more than six days each year in the wilderness, with this figure rising year-on-year.

(Breeder meerkats age faster, but their subordinates still die younger, University of Cambridge)

Malaria affects about 300-500 million people each year.

(Drug Prevents Malaria in High-Risk Region, NIH)

Independent scientists say that AES outbreaks, whether linked to toxic pesticides or not, remain a public health concern in Asia where some 133,000 children are affected each year.

(Lychee deaths linked to pesticides, not the fruit, SciDev.Net)

This group of organizations sees more than 40 percent of all new cancer patients in the United States each year.

(Association of Community Cancer Centers, NCI Thesaurus)

The head region of HA is constantly changing, which is why influenza vaccine strains must be updated each year.

(Flu infection study increases understanding of natural immunity, National Institutes of Health)

The virus causes about 200,000 deaths globally each year.

(Using a smartphone to detect norovirus, National Science Foundation)

With millions of people around the world dying from obesity-related diseases each year, a vaccine could save thousands of lives.

(Scientists Find Virus Linked to Weight Gain, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The meteor shower, which occurs each year in July or August, will see hundreds of meteors pass through the sky in an event that will be visible around the world.

(Perseid Meteor Shower Provides Opening Act for Solar Eclipse, VOA News)