periodic

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While we all need periodic reminders that pierce through the monotony and horrors of the day, awe of nature and our fragile existence being paramount, we also need reminders that a better future is possible.

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026

That is the quarterly limit investors agreed to when they committed their capital to the nontraded fund, which provides periodic liquidity by repurchasing some investor shares.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

The income from the brick-paving business provided enough to raise all the children and take periodic vacations to Disney and Universal, Vagner said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

Just under 100 ships have passed through the Strait of Hormuz since the start of March, according to data analysed by BBC Verify, despite periodic attacks on shipping in the area by Iranian forces.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

One of Freud’s closest friends, a surgeon named Wilhelm Fliess, invented biorhythmic analysis, a practice based on the notion that various aspects of one’s life follow rigid periodic cycles which begin at birth.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos