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cyclic

[sahy-klik, sik-lik] / ˈsaɪ klɪk, ˈsɪk lɪk /


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Our latest cosmological paper, accepted for publication in The Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, points to a cyclic universe – being born and dying over and over.

From Science Daily • Jun. 18, 2026

This cyclic trend is not new to Opie, whose best-known works, particularly from the 1990s, brought unprecedented visibility to communities that contemporary photography at the time rarely focused on.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

Their approach uses a cyclic peptide that can pass through the small intestine, known as the DNP peptide.

From Science Daily • Mar. 24, 2026

“Reproductive-age women from puberty to menopause have significant cyclic changes in their sex hormones during the course of their menstrual cycle,” says Dr. Kacey M. Hamilton, a complex benign gynecologist at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2026

This intense-repetition type of cyclic form is very common in folk musics around the world and often finds its way into classical and popular musics, too.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones




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