1
as in frequent
appearing or occurring repeatedly from time to time
sent out periodic reminders about the office dress code
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2
as in recurrent
occurring or appearing at intervals
periodic snow showers that might leave up to an inch
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Recent Examples of periodic
While at the hospital recovering from her injury, Leah received periodic visits from Belle, a golden retriever who works at the Tampa General Hospital as its official facility dog, providing emotional support to young patients.
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Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 19 June 2025
This structure, like the periodic chart, demonstrates how all these elements fit into a comprehensive definition of the sports industry.
—Dennis Howard, Sportico.com, 19 June 2025
Temp to Permanent: There’s periodic debate over the 120,000 foreigners annually awarded temporary H-1B visas, but almost no attention to the process by which many receive green cards.
—Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 3 June 2025
To help, managers are launching products with periodic windows of liquidity.
—Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 13 June 2025
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Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 19 June 2025
This structure, like the periodic chart, demonstrates how all these elements fit into a comprehensive definition of the sports industry.
—Dennis Howard, Sportico.com, 19 June 2025
Temp to Permanent: There’s periodic debate over the 120,000 foreigners annually awarded temporary H-1B visas, but almost no attention to the process by which many receive green cards.
—Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 3 June 2025
To help, managers are launching products with periodic windows of liquidity.
—Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 13 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for periodic
Adjective
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In addition, companies should request frequent audits from the vendors to assess AI tool for bias.—
Janice Gassam Asare,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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Willy’s father worked as an editor at the Amsterdam News, the famous house organ of the Harlem Renaissance writers, and Willy grew up with Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes being frequent guests at the dinner table.—
Benjamin Hale
June 23,
Literary Hub,
23 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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However, there's only 1 gram of fiber in a regular bagel and white bread, Zuckerbrot said.—
Peter Burke,
FOXNews.com,
21 June 2025
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Events like these will attract an affluent international audience seeking more than just the two hours of entertainment that a regular day out at the soccer provides.—
David Ferrini,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2025
Adjective
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Does this bring him into a more recurring, regular role?—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
9 May 2025
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Dobson says the research is coming now that the power engineering community increasingly recognizes cascading failures as a distinct and recurring problem—a concept that still elicited protests from power engineers in the aftermath of the 2003 blackout.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
14 Aug. 2013
Adjective
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Your dog was drinking more water to try and maintain hydration but once the stomach is irritated enough to keep vomiting, a cause needs to be identified, and medications are needed to stop the repeated vomiting.—
Dr. John De Jong,
Boston Herald,
8 June 2025
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If finding a soulmate in the urban sprawl of Los Angeles is a long and arduous journey, one studded with minefields erupting in confusion, anxiety and repeated dismay, then let the body lead the way.—
Deborah Vankin,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
Adjective
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So began a phase of daily training—and continual anxiety.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 June 2025
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Still, Syria’s fall might seem unimportant given that Damascus’s large air defense system proved incapable of stopping roughly 14 years of continual Israeli airstrikes, managing to shoot down only one Israeli F-16 in 2018.—
Sebastien Roblin,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
Adjective
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Humanoids attempted to bring it back occasionally in an English periodical edition, but anthologies generally don’t do well in the comic book direct market.—
Rob Salkowitz,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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Residents along inner Cape Cod and over the bridge into southeastern Plymouth County should expect the 17-year periodical red-eye cicadas to surface by late June.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
10 May 2025
Adjective
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Without enough stamina, everyday life can start to feel like a constant battle.—
Jakob Roze,
Health,
19 June 2025
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This is less of an issue with high-end reels, but with cheaper reels, constant compression can lead to a loss of memory, meaning the gears, springs, and washers lose their ability to decompress quickly.—
Joe Cermele,
Outdoor Life,
19 June 2025
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“Periodic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/periodic. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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