Vocabulary
Cyclical
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
occurring in cycles; recurrent.
Urdu meaning
بار بار ہونیوالا، دوری
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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The Global Report on Food Crises merely quantifies what has long been known: food insecurity in Pakistan is chronic rather than temporary or cyclical.
Dawn Editorials —
Food-insecure nation
— 2026-04-27
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This expectation is understandable, but it is misplaced.Pakistan`s growth challenge is not cyclical; it is structural.
Dawn Editorials —
Quick fixes
— 2025-12-24
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APRIL 30 was the International Day to End Corporal Punishment one that could slip into obscurity unless pulled into the light with the urgency required to end cyclical,intergenerationalviolence.
Dawn Editorials —
A gentler world
— 2025-05-01
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A rigged electoral system, the state`s patronage to one or the other political force, and cyclical political violence.
Dawn Editorials —
Lamenting a glorious city
— 2025-04-16
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Indeed, it is the poignant stories of these common men and women that are recorded in the annals of city`s regulatory failures, opportunistic politics, societal conflicts, cyclical violence, and governmental apathy.
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Lamenting a glorious city
— 2025-04-16
Synonyms
recurrent, recurring, happening at regular intervals, regular, repeated, repetitive, periodic
Antonyms
noncyclic, irregularity, cyclic
Curator example
“the cyclical nature of the cement industry”
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