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noun

cycle

CEFR B1

an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs

In a sentence

Six example sentences with cycle, each labelled with its topic.

  • Each flood cycle on the delta lasts about seven years, ending when the sandbars rebuild and the birds return.

    Environment

  • A full sleep cycle runs roughly ninety minutes, and waking someone in the middle of one leaves them groggy.

    Medicine

  • Housing starts fall, then unemployment rises, then rates drop, and the whole cycle repeats every decade or so.

    Economics

  • The moon completes one cycle of phases in about twenty-nine days, which is why old calendars counted months that way.

    Science

  • The game runs a full day-night cycle every twenty minutes, and certain merchants appear only after the lanterns come on.

    Gaming

  • Each training cycle lasts four weeks, three of rising loads and one light week before the whole pattern begins again.

    Fitness

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