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as in serial
appearing in parts or numbers that follow regularly
a periodical town newsletter that is supported by local advertisers
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as in recurrent
occurring or appearing at intervals
periodical announcements from airline personnel concerning the delay
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as in frequent
appearing or occurring repeatedly from time to time
periodical visits to the dentist will help keep your teeth healthy
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as in newspaper
a publication that appears at regular intervals
subscribed to three new periodicals
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Recent Examples of periodical
Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2025
The songs on Strange but True are titled after headlines from the periodical Weekly World News, which were gathered by David Fair, Jad Fair’s brother and bandmate in Half Japanese.
—Walden Green, Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2025
Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 31 Jan. 2026
Designate a place near the entryway for all mail, periodicals, and paper forms.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 13 Jan. 2026
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Adjective
Fujimura also explained the historical reasons for why Japanese IP is so strong – starting with the periodical manga magazines that became popular in the 1950s, evolving into the anime business that boomed with the growth of Japan’s animation studios and TV networks in the 1960s.
—Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2025
The songs on Strange but True are titled after headlines from the periodical Weekly World News, which were gathered by David Fair, Jad Fair’s brother and bandmate in Half Japanese.
—Walden Green, Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
The periodical, which began in 1818 in Maine, has long covered a wide variety of topics, including long-range weather forecasts, moon phases and astronomy, gardening advice, recipes, and practical advice.
—Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 31 Jan. 2026
Designate a place near the entryway for all mail, periodicals, and paper forms.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 13 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for periodical
Adjective
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As Danny and Lena squared off against thieves, smugglers, and serial killers, Boston Blue also explored the tangled branches of the Silver family tree.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 May 2026
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Robert Henderson is a serial entrepreneur & GTM expert.—
Robert Henderson,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
Adjective
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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
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Dizziness and headaches have also become more recurrent.—
Nicole Acevedo,
NBC news,
18 May 2026
Adjective
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Her team analyzed hundreds of Reddit posts from 2020 through last August and identified frequent mentions of drug reactions and user errors, such as patients’ not knowing how to correctly dose and inject the medication.—
Maia Rosenfeld,
NBC news,
29 May 2026
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They were freed with the requirement that the mother and Habiba would wear ankle monitors and the family would appear for frequent check-ins.—
Alan Gionet,
CBS News,
28 May 2026
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In 1971, Yoko Ono placed ads in local newspapers announcing a one-woman exhibition at New York’s Museum of Modern Art.—
Ariana Marsh,
Vogue,
28 May 2026
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An article published by the newspaper that honored her has been pulled down.—
Alan Gionet,
CBS News,
28 May 2026
Adjective
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The Syfy-channel TV show Channel Zero uses some of the best known of these fables as fodder for serialized storytelling.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
27 May 2026
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Projects span all genres, from fiction, animation to documentary and other non-serialized formats.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
18 May 2026
Adjective
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The Bell Street Bridge encampment was prioritized for closure as part of Downtown Rising – the first phase of Atlanta Rising, a multi-year campaign launched in 2025 to end unsheltered homelessness citywide and make homelessness rare, brief and non-recurring.—
Emily McLeod,
CBS News,
7 Mar. 2026
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This was and is a non-recurring, cyclical business totally dependent on transaction volumes, which fluctuate with economic cycles and interest rates.—
Josh Brown,Sean Russo,
CNBC,
15 Jan. 2026
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
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Each volume’s series editor selects notable work from hundreds of magazines, journals, and websites, and a special guest editor, a leading writer in the field, then makes the final selection for the anthology.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 May 2026
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Scientists have previously wondered whether immune cells could be involved in magnetic sensing, but the new study published Thursday in the journal Science is the first to present a full-fledged theory.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
28 May 2026
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“Periodical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/periodical. Accessed 31 May. 2026.
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