business cycle
noun
: a cycle of economic activity usually consisting of recession, recovery, growth, and decline
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Bosses and workers are used to the ups and downs of business cycles.
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Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 27 May 2026
Perhaps most importantly, the leaders who claim this leadership quality build careers that hold up across sectors and business cycles.
—Cynthia Pong, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
But Anthropic also warns that AI’s job impacts could be slow to show up in the job data—much like the impacts of Chinese manufacturing or the Internet—and could be hard to distinguish from regular business cycle concerns.
—ArsTechnica, 31 Mar. 2026
Nomura believes that improving financial performance and a better shipment outlook suggest that Nio is entering a healthier business cycle.
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2026
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Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 27 May 2026
Perhaps most importantly, the leaders who claim this leadership quality build careers that hold up across sectors and business cycles.
—Cynthia Pong, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
But Anthropic also warns that AI’s job impacts could be slow to show up in the job data—much like the impacts of Chinese manufacturing or the Internet—and could be hard to distinguish from regular business cycle concerns.
—ArsTechnica, 31 Mar. 2026
Nomura believes that improving financial performance and a better shipment outlook suggest that Nio is entering a healthier business cycle.
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for business cycle
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“Business cycle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/business%20cycle. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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