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Synonyms for periodic
ˌpɪər iˈɒd ɪkpe·ri·od·ic
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Princeton's WordNet
periodic, periodicaladjective
happening or recurring at regular intervals
"the periodic appearance of the seventeen-year locust"
Synonyms:
occasional, periodicalAntonyms:
continual, aperiodic, nonperiodic, noncyclic, nonoscillatoryperiodic, occasionaladjective
recurring or reappearing from time to time
"periodic feelings of anxiety"
Synonyms:
occasional(a), occasional, periodical, episodic, casualAntonyms:
nonoscillatory, continual, noncyclic, nonperiodic, aperiodic
Dictionary of English Synonymes
periodicadjective
Synonyms:
recurring (regularly)
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Thinking of this as a seasonal virus like flu, that hasn't been the case so far. The variants seem to be periodic, roughly every four to six months, we have a new variant.
Portland is not a city under siege. Today, I went to a Starbucks downtown, ate lunch at one of the city's famous downtown food trucks, and bought a new pair of shoes at the mall. As I write this, I'm looking out of my hotel room at a bike tour riding by outside on the downtown street, to be sure, there have been protests -- peaceful during the daytime, and some turning violent at night -- for over 90 days, but the rioting has largely been confined to one city block downtown near the federal courthouse. Last night, protesters showed up at a police precinct a few miles from downtown and were dispersed by police after some protesters started throwing eggs and rocks at police cars. There has been periodic, localized violence, but nothing widespread.
Another important meaning is that until now, all the elements in the periodic table have been discovered in Europe and the United States, there has not been a single atomic element found in Asia, Oceania or Africa.
There needs to be greater investment [by China] in intelligence-led enforcement to pursue the Chinese businesses and individuals who are running operations at the [Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone]... These shouldn’t be periodic operations that are co-ordinated once a year, but full-time, multi-agency operations.
There are periodic shortages or delays in very specific components of different tests but not the same wide spread true shortages that we saw earlier.
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