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  • present tense form of cycle (3rd person singular).
  • plural of cycle.
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Around a third are over 90 years old and are far past their expected life cycles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Every so often, refineries shut down for months to work on “turnarounds” — top-to-bottom refurbishment and replacement cycles due to safety and other regulations — which are expensive propositions.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

In a landmark 2020 study, Hablitz, Nedergaard, and colleagues demonstrated that glymphatic function follows daily cycles even independently of sleep, establishing a direct link between circadian biology and the brain's waste-clearing system.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

"This storm is expected to bring major coastal flooding to the Mid-Atlantic Coast over multiple high tide cycles through the weekend," the National Weather Service said in its latest forecast.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

It was after that I noticed a change in her, as if her soul had at last matured and begun its cycles.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez




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