periodic
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Authorities have responded with periodic waves of arrests, warnings, business closures and other measures.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
My wife would like to send him periodic gifts of money.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
These effects, known as Shubnikov-de Haas oscillations, normally follow a predictable periodic pattern in 1/B, where B represents the magnetic field.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 5, 2026
I think they are satisfied with maintaining the blockade and with allowing some periodic targeting against Iran's capability to upset the shipping lane in the strait.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
But the agent took these periodic lumps without comment, and in this way he had survived.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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