Everyone was excited about the annual company picnic.    From LearnThat.org. 

A border of annual flowering plants.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

To-morrow night he holds what he calls his annual 'town-meeting' -- a fake and a joke.    From Wordnik.com.  [Captivating Mary Carstairs] Reference

Taking what he called his annual leave of absence, the Kyrgyz president had intended to return to Bishkek on March 16.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ferghana.Ru news agency] Reference

Well, the first ... what do you call the annual.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oral History Interview with Guy B. Johnson, December 16, 1974. Interview B-0006. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference

Long-term annual targets of 30 per cent growth no longer realistic.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN.com] Reference

Longer-term annual growth rates are projected in the range of 5-6 percent.    From Wordnik.com.  [Energy profile of Thailand] Reference

Taiwan stock market following the news of slashed long-term annual growth rate.    From Wordnik.com.  [China Post Online - Taiwan , News , Taiwan newspaper] Reference

Investment performance is often called the annual rate of return you earn on a policy.    From Wordnik.com.  [BNET Articles] Reference

The new world: Don't bank on earning the long-term annual gain of 10% for stocks anymore.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN.com] Reference

In the long-term annual study, we ignored mutual fund assets, which were minimal for good while.    From Wordnik.com.  [SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page] Reference

McCartney and his wife are long-time animal rights activists, and they call the annual hunt brutal.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 2, 2006] Reference

The bill marks the first time lawmakers have ever agreed to a long-term annual increase in the program.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Earlier, the companies predicted € 400 million in annual synergies by the end of the venture's fifth year.    From Wordnik.com.  [BA, Iberia, American Launch Venture, Add Routes] Reference

He also slightly increased the company's long-term annual sales targets and outlined plans for new products.    From Wordnik.com.  [Can Hershey Survive Candy Wars?] Reference

Without the legend of Che, the Latin American annual growth rate might have been one percentage point higher.    From Wordnik.com.  [Forty Years Later, Che's Shadow] Reference

A BMO Capital Markets analyst estimates China's midterm annual potash shortfall at five million to six million tons.    From Wordnik.com.  [China's Route to Potash Needn't Go Through BHP] Reference

Number of the Week: 0.5 Potential percentage-point boost in annual U.S. economic growth from the dollar's recent decline.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tight Races, Moon's Water, Not-So-Private Apps] Reference

The arcade contains 37,000 square feet of shopping space with 72 shops which generate about £ 4.5 million in annual rent.    From Wordnik.com.  [U.S. Investor to Buy Burlington Arcade] Reference

However, he said the long term annual growth potential for the foundry business was 6% to 7%, and "we want to grow faster.".    From Wordnik.com.  [TSMC to Keep Advanced Factories in Taiwan, CEO Says] Reference

That's nearly twice the long term annual average of about 25, and even higher than the more recent decadal average of around 40.    From Wordnik.com.  [News & Features from Minnesota Public Radio] Reference

Earth Hour risks becoming a short-term annual fad rather than the first step of a longer-term solution to reduce global warming.    From Wordnik.com.  [TODAYonline] Reference

It also said it 2008 earnings may be above that range and projected long-term annual sales growth of 1% to 3%, excluding acquisitions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hanesbrands Posts Sharp Rise] Reference

Thanks to land development and lower mortgages, it is forecasting short-term annual dividends of 6 to 7 per cent on some of its farms.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stuff.co.nz - Stuff] Reference

As a result we were able to achieve a gasoline margin for the full year of 12. 4\% per gallon in line with our long-term annual average.    From Wordnik.com.  [Retail Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha] Reference

The long-term annual growth rate of real per capita income in the United States has been about 2 percent since 1870, a sign of stability.    From Wordnik.com.  [Don't Worry, America] Reference

This compares to a long-term annual growth rate of 3.5 percent, the same as the annual growth rate of the U.S. overall economic activity.    From Wordnik.com.  [TravelDailyNews.com] Reference

Indeed, we should wonder why anyone would even care about the short-term annual financial flows into and out of the Social Security system.    From Wordnik.com.  [FindLaw Writ - Recent Articles] Reference

The annual mean temperature for 2009 was 25.55 degrees Celsius, 0.913 degrees higher than the long-term annual average of 24.64 degrees Celsius.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Times of India] Reference

Next year another 100 swimmers, 50 from each side, plan to do the route in reverse in what could become an long-term annual event, organizers said.    From Wordnik.com.  [China Defense Blog] Reference