cyclic
adjective
revolving or recurring in cycles; characterized by recurrence in cycles.
Example Sentences
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“It’s a cyclical roll that gets set up when a boat is taking even a 4-foot wave cyclically over and over on the beam,” Elfers said, referring to the widest point of a boat’s hull.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
This has helped boost value stocks in more cyclically oriented sectors.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 7, 2026
The odds of the market rising in a given year are also unrelated to where the price-to-earnings or cyclically adjusted P/E ratios stand at the beginning of that year.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 10, 2025
Rather than the forward-looking price/earnings ratio based on analyst forecasts and favored by most fund managers, that is the cyclically adjusted version first proposed by Warren Buffett’s mentor Benjamin Graham.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2025
Evolution, devolution and involution are all in nature and will go on cyclically and eternally.
From The Doctrine and Practice of Yoga by A. P. Mukerji
