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periodic

[peer-ee-od-ik] / ˌpɪər iˈɒd ɪk /


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In contrast, at Locke, Green Dot agreed to manage an existing, massively struggling, eyesore campus associated with periodic brawls, truancy, single-digit academic proficiency rates, a 40% graduation rate and few college graduates.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2026

The content of the agreement, which follows weeks of fraught negotiations and periodic threats from Trump of fresh hostilities unless Iran reached a deal, remained unclear.

From Barron's • Jun. 15, 2026

It is the first example in which scientists have confirmed exactly what is causing the periodic behavior.

From Science Daily • Jun. 2, 2026

Contrarians believe it’s far more revealing to analyze the timers’ behavior whenever the market experiences one of its periodic one-day plunges.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

For New York City’s millions of readers of the downtown papers, it was, at that time, another one of the periodic “Racial Unrest in Harlem” stories.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey




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