start a cycle
Frequency: 6.25.8 per million words
to begin a new repeating pattern of events
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Examples (10)
- The new government policy is expected to start a new economic cycle of growth.
- Eating junk food to feel better can start a vicious cycle of weight gain and low self-esteem.
- His initial lie started a whole cycle of deception that was hard to escape.
- Regular exercise can start a virtuous cycle of improved health and increased energy.
- The first rainfall after a long drought starts the life cycle for many desert plants.
- We are starting a new development cycle for the software next month.
- The therapist helped him understand what starts his cycle of anxiety.
- Planting these seeds in spring will start the annual growing cycle.
- The announcement of the election date has started a new political cycle of campaigning.
- A small act of kindness can start a cycle of positivity in a community.