Cycle and Progress

Cycle

Cycle noun - A series of events or actions that repeat themselves regularly and in the same order.

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

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

Progress noun - Forward movement in time or place.

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Cycle and progress are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cycle" instead a noun "Progress".

current	current cycle	current progress
actual	actual cycle	actual progress
perpetual	perpetual cycle	perpetual progress
great	great cycle	great progress
Other adjectives: slow, quick, new, general, later, last, recent, evolutionary.

You will be sent back to day one so you can continue the quest—although any and all progress you accomplished in that three day cycle will be erased, which means you'll have to do whatever happened in that cycle all over again.

Source: Video Game / The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
If the timer runs out, Termina is destroyed and you lose all your progress in the last cycle.

Source: Stalked by the Bell
Normally, the player controls one group of 3 characters during a battle, but when fighting the Big Bad the player is allowed to equip ALL 8 characters and may cycle between them at any point in the battle, if it seems like one group is struggling to make progress alone.

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