Example Sentences

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In decreasing interest-rate cycles, all sectors showed worse results, with healthcare and consumer discretionary performing best.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

As for the AI narrative and the excitement it’s created, he is concerned that revenue for some of those companies will end up banking on short-term product cycles.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

"I think things come in cycles," she said.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Micron normally trades at a notably low forward price-to-earnings ratio because the memory-chip industry goes through cycles of boom and bust.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

Berkner suggests that there may have been cycles of oxygen production and carbon dioxide consumption, depending on relative abundances of plant and animal life, with the ice ages representing periods of apnea.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas