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periodic

[peer-ee-od-ik] / ˌpɪər iˈɒd ɪk /


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"NASA and Roscosmos have been working to determine the root cause of the cracks, and Roscosmos manages the issue through operational mitigation measures and periodic partial-repair efforts," she said.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 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

If Temu does not comply, it faces periodic penalty payments.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

Its aging facilities, originally built between the 1930s and ’50s, require replacement rather than the periodic updates they’ve received.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 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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