episodic
Example Sentences
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Although these are sensible steps, regulatory review is episodic, resource-constrained and inevitably backward-looking.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
The region hasn’t seen much precipitation since December — the rest of the rainy season was mostly dry outside of some episodic showers, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
Morgan Stanley has moved away from the more episodic trading and investment banking, and now wealth management is basically half of earnings.
From Barron's ● May 7, 2026
Instead, they shut down through a process known as "episodic" or "piecewise" termination.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 29, 2026
The Zapatista rebellion that convulsed southern Mexico in the 1990s was merely the most recent battle in an episodic colonial war that began in the sixteenth century.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Vocabulary lists containing episodic
Reading: Literature - Middle School
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Vocabulary Video Contest (2013) - List 2
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