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periodic

happening or recurring at regular intervals

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

  • The metronome sets a periodic click that beginners follow until the pulse lives in their hands.

    Music

  • Periodic flooding refills the delta with silt, which is why farmers there never bought fertilizer until the dam arrived.

    Environment

  • The bond pays periodic coupons each March and September, which is what draws retirees to it over growth stocks.

    Finance

  • Halley's comet makes a periodic return roughly every seventy-six years, which is why records of it stretch back centuries.

    Science

  • The server runs a periodic backup every six hours, and the last copy is the one that saved the company.

    Technology

  • Her program builds in a periodic rest week every fourth week, so the joints recover before the loads climb again.

    Fitness

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