periodical

Example Sentences

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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

“We’re on a gradually warming planet,” and the periodical cicadas know it, according to Shockley.

From Salon • May 16, 2024

Every time periodical cicadas arrive in the United States, they bring a sense of wonder with them — their long intervals underground and their perfectly timed mass emergences are fascinating, even to experts.

From Seattle Times • May 13, 2024

“Are you famous?” she asked, possibly sensing Bobby’s fame, or maybe because she’d seen his photo in Morgunbladid or some other periodical.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady