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cyclical

[ sahy-kli-kuhl, sik-li- ]

adjective

  1. of or denoting a business or stock whose income, value, or earnings fluctuate widely according to variations in the economy or the cycle of the seasons:

    Selling Christmas decorations is a cyclical business.



noun

  1. Usually cyclicals. stocks of cyclical companies.
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Other Word Forms

  • c·· adverb
  • c·i·ٲ noun
  • ԴDz·c· adjective
  • non·c·· adverb
  • ·c· adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cyclical1

First recorded in 1810–20; cyclic + -al 1
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PMDD, which is a severe cyclical, hormone-based mood disorder linked to periods, is thought to affect more than one in 20 women.

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Burns’ cyclical, sardonic prose underscores the unnamed narrator’s defenselessness against neighborhood gossip that marks the Milkman’s unwanted attentions as consensual.

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That’s led to declining vacancy and an uptick in rents, “setting the stage for the next cyclical upturn.”

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"We are spending a lot of time telling clients not to liquidate their portfolios and to treat this as a cyclical event."

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Moyes is also remembered on Goodison Park's exterior, football's cyclical nature illustrated by his image on The Everton Timeline that snakes its way around the stadium, commemorating moments of significance in the club's history.

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