periodical
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The shutdown already resulted in staffing shortages and periodical flight delays.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2025
An entire notebook is devoted to The Spectator, a daily periodical that ran for 555 issues between 1711 and 1712 commenting on the manners and fads of London society.
From BBC • Sep. 4, 2025
Cicadas, winged buggy noisemakers whose relatives include leaf-hoppers and spittle bugs, come in two varieties: the annual cicadas who, sure enough, appear every year and the periodical cicadas, who appear in 13-year and 17-year cycles.
From Salon • May 16, 2024
“I can’t imagine, given the fact that periodical cicadas are national news, that we won’t have guests both local and from outside New Orleans, asking us about that,” said Lemann.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 18, 2024
The proles, normally apathetic about the war, were being lashed into one of their periodical frenzies of patriotism.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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