variants
or cyclical
as in periodic
happening again and again in the same order
cyclic changes in the weather the cyclical nature of history
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Recent Examples of cyclic
While the memory chips business was traditionally cyclical, the massive AI infrastructure build-out cycle has broken the pattern.
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 27 May 2026
Insurance is inherently cyclical.
—Richard McCathron, Fortune, 25 May 2026
The first was finite fields, number systems that operate according to a cyclical form of arithmetic.
—Konstantin Kakaes, Quanta Magazine, 20 May 2026
El Niño is a cyclic climate event that is fueled by ocean temperatures and wind.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 14 May 2026
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 27 May 2026
Insurance is inherently cyclical.
—Richard McCathron, Fortune, 25 May 2026
The first was finite fields, number systems that operate according to a cyclical form of arithmetic.
—Konstantin Kakaes, Quanta Magazine, 20 May 2026
El Niño is a cyclic climate event that is fueled by ocean temperatures and wind.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 14 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cyclic
Adjective
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Despite years of new leadership, plans to revive the company, new share offerings, and periodic efforts by folks on WallStreetBets to juice the stock gain, GameStop has never come close to reaching those dizzying heights again.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
29 May 2026
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By combining the visual splendor and thrills of the cinema with a more extensive, intimate view into the character’s daily life previously only seen in the novels, the new video game version of 007 provides more of everything, and may not be fully reliant on periodic installments to dole out bliss.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
28 May 2026
Adjective
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More sustained multi-year funding streams are needed to mitigate and respond to recurrent outbreaks.—
Maryanne Murray Buechner,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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The idea originated with Carolyn Miller’s 1984 essay Genre as Social Action, which describes genres as typified rhetorical actions based on recurrent situations.—
Tham Thi Nguyen,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
26 May 2026
Adjective
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State health departments will continue to conduct daily symptom monitoring, as well as 24/7 continuous oversight of each person, and provide guidance through the remainder of the 42-day monitoring period, which will end June 21.—
Brenda Goodman,
CNN Money,
2 June 2026
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Each boasts a spacious open floor plan commingling indoors and outdoors over a single, continuous space.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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“Cyclic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cyclic. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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