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cyclical

[sahy-kli-kuhl, sik-li-] / ˈsaɪ klɪ kəl, ˈsɪk lɪ- /


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This time, memory executives want investors to believe that the industry has structurally changed and is no longer as cyclical as in the past.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

The cyclical climate phenomenon raises surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean and causes global changes in winds and rainfall as well as erratic weather conditions.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

He was drawn to power generators — historically very cyclical — that looked stable and defensive, yet exciting given the potential to “sign deals with data centers at high prices.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

As Gioia put it, of the casting stage of forming the letters: “That has been Shakespeare. That has been Zora Neale Hurston. It’s a beautiful cyclical process.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

I had been educated in the rhythms of the mountain, rhythms in which change was never fundamental, only cyclical.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover




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