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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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
As Pleistocene animals fell in, periodic flooding washed away some remains, creating occasional gaps in the fossil record of the large excavation mound.
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Michael Ray Taylor, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 May 2025
The show is more of a comedy with periodic moments of action, suspense, and pathos.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 13 May 2025
That said, periodic servicing of Flocean’s desalination modules can be done using the same equipment and techniques as for subsea oil and gas equipment.
—Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
Breaching these areas and killing bots will trigger periodic airdrops of more AI enemies, in increasing frequency and threat levels.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 2 May 2025
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Michael Ray Taylor, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 May 2025
The show is more of a comedy with periodic moments of action, suspense, and pathos.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 13 May 2025
That said, periodic servicing of Flocean’s desalination modules can be done using the same equipment and techniques as for subsea oil and gas equipment.
—Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
Breaching these areas and killing bots will trigger periodic airdrops of more AI enemies, in increasing frequency and threat levels.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 2 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for periodic
Adjective
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Since Trump took office, global markets have faced significant uncertainty amid the frequent announcement, implementation, suspension and, at times, reimposition of various trade and tariff policies.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 May 2025
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As for Kennedy, the deal with JetBlue includes reciprocal frequent flyer benefits and, starting as early as 2027, United gets access to slots for up to seven daily round-trip flights a day.—
Ted Reed,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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The findings of the survey come in contrast to a recent Pew Research Center poll, released in January, which found roughly equal shares of American men and women experience recurrent loneliness.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
21 May 2025
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Symmetry through recurrent objects entered in the frame is common, with temporal match-cuts employed to take us from day to night, or even sunlight to surrounding snow.—
David Katz,
IndieWire,
18 May 2025
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This past regular season was an unmitigated disaster.—
Alex Kirschenbaum,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 May 2025
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Chubb hasn’t played in a regular season games still sustaining serious knee injuries late in the 2023 season against Baltimore.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
28 May 2025
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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
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But the plan has, so far, failed due to repeated challenges in Italian courts.—
Llazar Semini,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2025
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Chitralekha Zutshi, a professor of history at William & Mary, notes that the desire for autonomy by groups in the region has resulted in numerous independence movements and repeated uprisings.—
Matt Williams,
The Conversation,
7 May 2025
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Their work emphasizes that with lengthening lifespans, Americans will face multiple career transitions and need continual skill renewal.—
Alison Griffin,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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The Tiangong space station was completed in 2022 and has a continual occupancy planned for at least the next decade.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
22 May 2025
Adjective
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All this turmoil represented a huge reversal in fortune for Diamond, which grew from modest beginnings to become the sole distributor for periodical comic books, and a major distributor of games, trade books and other collectibles, from the late 1990s.—
Rob Salkowitz,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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South Carolina has annual cicadas, which appear every year as the name suggests, and starting soon, the periodical Brood XIX, which emerges every 13 years in huge numbers.—
Emily DeLetter,
USA TODAY,
24 Apr. 2024
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Yet because those continents were in constant contact with one another, exchanging goods and ideas, scholars have debated whether writing sprung up independently in each spot or first appeared in one place before spreading elsewhere.—
Sam Kean,
The Atlantic,
26 May 2025
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The fact that a classic Porsche 911 will soon be available on the collector-car market is not necessarily newsworthy, as the ubiquitous, nearly 62-year-old model is a constant offering at auctions, whether through online platforms or in-person events.—
Viju Mathew,
Robb Report,
26 May 2025
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“Periodic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/periodic. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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