Cycle and Winding

Cycle

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

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

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

Winding noun - The act of winding or twisting.

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Cycle and winding are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cycle" instead a noun "Winding".

Nearby Words: wind, windy, winded, winder, windage

long	long cycle	long winding
similar	similar cycle	similar winding

Vicious Cycle: The black bat thinks all of the white bat's plans to save humanity/use humans to save the world are like this because no matter what they do they keep winding up in such a bad spot they need to be bailed out by the bats.

Source: Manga / Billy Bat
Winding the clock back even further, we see this is actually a cycle: the modern war shooter trend started by Counter-Strike and Modern Warfare displaces the World War II shooter trend of the late90s to mid 2000s.

Source: Deader Than Disco / Video Games

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