Cycle and Handle

Cycle

Cycle verb - Recur in repeating sequences.

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Handle and cycle are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Handle" instead a verb "Cycle".

Nearby Words: cyclic, cycling, cyclically, cyclical, cycled

Handle verb - To deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently.

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Cycle and handle are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cycle" instead a verb "Handle".

Nearby Words: hand, handled, handling, handler, handhold

old	old cycle	old handle
long	long cycle	long handle
similar	similar cycle	similar handle
short	short cycle	short handle
Other adjectives: current, obvious, actual, big, tragic, new.

The ads had their intended result for the first month of the election cycle, but following televised debates that proved that Trudeau could handle himself, support for the Liberals picked up steam.

Source: Useful Notes / Canadian Politics
Since super-antics actually drive the economy in a cycle of media sales, merchandising, and job creation to handle the damage... this makes perfect sense in a Fridge Logic kind of way.

Source: Hero Insurance
Five Stages of Grief: Because his grief over Clara's death is so fresh and raw and he is trapped in a deadly place with no one to help him handle it, the Doctor becomes emotionally trapped in a cycle between Anger and Depression.

Source: Recap / Doctor Who S 35 E 11 Heaven Sent

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