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
In relatively lean times the budget lobbying grows even more intense — a cyclic phenomenon now playing out as politicians wrestle with multi-billion-dollar shortfalls.
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Dan Walters, Orange County Register, 20 Mar. 2025
Trends rooted in fundamental changes like demographic shifts or technological progress are more likely to stay, and the trends based on fashion are cyclic, but their time is short.
—Raheel Sheikh, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
Because of its collaborations, CPR has been able to develop drugs like antibodies and cyclic peptides.
—Foreign Affairs, 6 Mar. 2025
The party never stops Perhaps all this overwhelming negativity regarding the end of the Universe is what prompted Nobel laureate Roger Penrose in 2010 to propose a completely different mechanism for the long-term fate of the Universe, something dubbed conformal cyclic cosmology, or CCC.
—Paul Sutter, Ars Technica, 14 Jan. 2025
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Dan Walters, Orange County Register, 20 Mar. 2025
Trends rooted in fundamental changes like demographic shifts or technological progress are more likely to stay, and the trends based on fashion are cyclic, but their time is short.
—Raheel Sheikh, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
Because of its collaborations, CPR has been able to develop drugs like antibodies and cyclic peptides.
—Foreign Affairs, 6 Mar. 2025
The party never stops Perhaps all this overwhelming negativity regarding the end of the Universe is what prompted Nobel laureate Roger Penrose in 2010 to propose a completely different mechanism for the long-term fate of the Universe, something dubbed conformal cyclic cosmology, or CCC.
—Paul Sutter, Ars Technica, 14 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cyclic
Adjective
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High-criticality or hard-to-access assets often justify remote, real-time solutions (e.g., IoT sensors), while less-critical assets might only need handheld tools or periodic checks.—
Ed Garibian,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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The footage captured by the drones will be also subject to periodic audits.—
Libor Jany,
Los Angeles Times,
24 June 2025
Adjective
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The symptoms have become so recurrent that the girl’s parents spend sleepless nights taking turns monitoring and caring for her.—
Nicole Acevedo,
NBC news,
12 June 2025
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In some cases, however, pellagra proved to be a recurrent disease, flaring up again once patients returned home and resumed their polenta-heavy diet.—
Asia London Palomba,
Smithsonian Magazine,
6 June 2025
Adjective
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Amid volatility and continuous disruptions, the greatest threat to any organization is a workforce characterized by stress, negativity, disengagement, and poor health.—
Julian Hayes II,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2025
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This charming coastal town is home to the oldest continuous Independence Day celebration in the country—and this year, Bristol is marking its 240th year doing it big on the Fourth of July.—
Skye Sherman,
Travel + Leisure,
20 June 2025
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“Cyclic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cyclic. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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