periodically

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Unlike traditional futures, they don’t have an expiration date, and short investors periodically pay long investors, or vice versa, depending on whether the futures price trades above or below the spot price.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

And those who are no longer behind bars are often subject to gag orders, travel bans and orders to periodically appear in court.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

The so-called averages committee at Dow Jones periodically decides whether a given stock should be deleted from the Dow and replaced with another stock, and with just 30 constituent stocks the committee’s decisions loom large.

From MarketWatch • May 30, 2026

Since 1997, she’s periodically turned her camera on urban landscapes, including Los Angeles and Chicago, using architecture and public space to reflect on broader social and political issues.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

Because the properties repeated themselves periodically, the invention became known as the periodic table.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson