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as in serial
appearing in parts or numbers that follow regularly
a periodical town newsletter that is supported by local advertisers
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as in recurrent
occurring or appearing at intervals
periodical announcements from airline personnel concerning the delay
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as in frequent
appearing or occurring repeatedly from time to time
periodical visits to the dentist will help keep your teeth healthy
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as in newspaper
a publication that appears at regular intervals
subscribed to three new periodicals
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Recent Examples of periodical
Kirsty McHugh, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025
Humanoids attempted to bring it back occasionally in an English periodical edition, but anthologies generally don’t do well in the comic book direct market.
—Rob Salkowitz, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 17 June 2025
In each of these periodicals, the passage—unmoored from its original context among other beauty secrets—offered a lengthy and extremely specific taxonomy of the connection between hair and character:
Coarse, black hair and dark skin signify great power of character, with a tendency to sensuality.
—Literary Hub, 9 June 2025
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Adjective
Dickens had taken a nom de plume in the tradition of journalists and periodical writers, but there was no need to conceal his identity.
—Kirsty McHugh, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025
Humanoids attempted to bring it back occasionally in an English periodical edition, but anthologies generally don’t do well in the comic book direct market.
—Rob Salkowitz, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Noun
Plenty of people still enjoy traditional books and periodicals, and there are even readers for whom the networked age has enabled a kind of hyper-literacy; for them, a smartphone is a library in their pocket.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 17 June 2025
In each of these periodicals, the passage—unmoored from its original context among other beauty secrets—offered a lengthy and extremely specific taxonomy of the connection between hair and character:
Coarse, black hair and dark skin signify great power of character, with a tendency to sensuality.
—Literary Hub, 9 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for periodical
Adjective
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Once, members of the House without a peep of protest even exalted the infamous serial killer known as the Boston Strangler.—
John C. Moritz,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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The first season focused on Jeffrey Dahmer, with Evan Peters winning Emmy gold for his portrayal of the titular serial killer responsible for the death of at least 17 boys and young men between 1978 and 1991.—
Carson Blackwelder,
People.com,
28 July 2025
Adjective
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About 795,000 occur each year, with 610,000 being first-time strokes and roughly 185,000 recurrent episodes, and in 2022 1 in 6 deaths were as a result of stroke.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 July 2025
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The agency said the Kp index could reach nearly four early Friday morning, potentially pulling the northern lights farther south, though NOAA expects no geomagnetic storms or significant transient or recurrent solar winds to disrupt the Earth’s geomagnetic field.—
Ty Roush,
Forbes.com,
17 July 2025
Adjective
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McConaughey is also a frequent leader of the heartbeat ritual and has shown an almost unmatched commitment to the club.—
Beck Andrew Salgado,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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The Kuril-Kamchatka arc experiences frequent earthquakes, according to the USGS, including a M7.4 earthquake on July 20 that is now seen as a foreshock of Wednesday’s quake.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
30 July 2025
Noun
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Daniel also has and continues to be involved in podcasting at the newspaper.—
Daniel McFadin,
Arkansas Online,
1 Aug. 2025
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Pitched as a family-friendly technology, newspapers described how users could browse recipes while watching cooking shows or to learn about regional salmon while watching a fishing program.—
Time,
Time,
31 July 2025
Adjective
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Does this bring him into a more recurring, regular role?—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
9 May 2025
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Dobson says the research is coming now that the power engineering community increasingly recognizes cascading failures as a distinct and recurring problem—a concept that still elicited protests from power engineers in the aftermath of the 2003 blackout.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
14 Aug. 2013
Adjective
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Traditional compliance relies on manual processes, periodic audits and reactive remediation methods that are resource-intensive and inadequate for addressing dynamic cyber threats.—
Sunil Kumar Puli,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
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The Sino-Indian border has seen periodic skirmishes for decades, including a deadly clash in the Galwan Valley along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in June 2020.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 July 2025
Noun
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The findings are detailed in a study published July 31 in the journal Cell.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
31 July 2025
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The latest comes out of Stanford and was published earlier this week in the Nature Photonics journal, where researchers built a 3mm VR display with an incredibly wide field of view.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
30 July 2025
Adjective
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Healthy hair requires more than just a regular trim and minimizing heat damage.—
Kiana Murden,
Vogue,
15 July 2025
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Try adding kamut berries (grains) to soups, stews, and salads, or using kamut flour in place of regular wheat flour in baked goods.—
Caroline Tien,
SELF,
15 July 2025
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“Periodical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/periodical. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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