zodiacs

noun

plural of zodiac
as in cycles
a series of events or actions that repeat themselves regularly and in the same order a political candidate dealing with the never-ending zodiac of rubber-chicken dinners and meet and greets

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Recent Examples of zodiacs From observation decks to zodiacs and kayaks, the yacht’s amenities will allow guests to fully immerse themselves leading up to, during, and after the eclipse. — Chrissie McClatchie, Travel + Leisure, 14 Nov. 2025
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  1. cycles
  2. circles
Noun
  • Repeatable return could help Exobiosphere shorten experimental cycles and advance promising findings toward practical applications.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026
  • For the past three decades, defense procurement was a stagnant oligopoly dominated by a handful of massive legacy prime contractors and painfully slow cost-plus research-and-development cycles.
    — Harvey Stober, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of cycles
Noun
  • Advertisement In many circles, the first mention of climate policy in the EU tends to be a discussion about backtracking.
    — Justin Worland, Time, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The death in a helicopter crash of Zimbabwean businessman Wicknell Chivayo, his wife and three others has reverberated across government and industry circles on the continent, as investigators began examining what caused the aircraft to go down.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of circles

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“Zodiacs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zodiacs. Accessed 11 Oct. 2026.

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