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annual report
noun
plural annual reports
: a usually lengthy report issued yearly by an organization giving an account of its internal workings and especially its finances
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The data, from the end of fiscal year 2023, was published in the FAA's Air Traffic Controller Workforce Plan, an annual report to Congress on the status of the agency's efforts to overcome a decades-long struggle to recruit and retain enough controllers to keep Americans safe while flying.
—John Kelly, CBS News, 31 Jan. 2025
The bill would also require HUD to publish annual reports on the program's impact, detailing metrics such as the number of new child care slots created, how many children from low-income families are served and employment figures for child care staff at these facilities.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
The latest statistics were revealed in the American Heart Association’s annual report, 2025 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics.
—Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 29 Jan. 2025
In the first of two annual reports on the department’s operations to the Los Gatos Town Council in 2025, Police Chief Jamie Field said the department has focused on efficiency, emergency preparedness and recruitment and promotion.
—Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2025
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Word History
First Known Use
1724, in the meaning defined above
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“Annual report.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/annual%20report. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.
Legal Definition
annual report
noun
annual re·port
: a written report distributed to shareholders each year by a corporation that sets forth financial information (as an auditor's report, the selling prices of the corporation's stock, and the yearly profit) as well as statements by the corporation's management
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