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adjective

cyclic

happening again and again in a regular repeating pattern

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

  • Sunspot numbers are cyclic, climbing to a peak and falling back roughly every eleven years since records began.

    Science

  • The sensor's readings follow a cyclic pattern, spiking every ninety seconds as the cooling fan switches on again.

    Technology

  • Lemming populations are cyclic on the tundra, booming and crashing every four years in a pattern trappers noticed centuries ago.

    Environment

  • Demand for building materials is cyclic, booming for a few years and then slumping as the housing market cools again.

    Economics

  • The piece is cyclic, its opening theme returning at the end of every movement in a slightly different key.

    Music

  • Some ancient thinkers held that time itself is cyclic, with every age returning after the last one runs its course.

    Philosophy

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