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periodically

[peer-ee-od-ik-lee] / ˌpɪər iˈɒd ɪk li /
ADVERB
rhythmically
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Indexed annuities guarantee no market losses, but insurers can periodically adjust the formula for returns.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Wildflowers also emerge periodically, but their abundance can vary dramatically depending on how much rain falls.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

A popular product in the run-up to the subprime-mortgage crisis, ARMs offer a lower interest rate up front for a fixed number of years before adjusting periodically based on the prevailing interest rate.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

More than four and a half years into Russia's war on Ukraine, Muscovites had grown used to their city periodically becoming a front line.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

Soon we saw the entire plain full of Indians, halting periodically to wait for more Indians who kept filing out of the camp behind them.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond


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