1.   As with most major fashion ideas, denim is a cyclical trend.

2.   Colby says that the current campaign against smoking is part of a cyclical American trend toward Puritanism.

3.   It is covered over by a great deal of disinformation, and also obscured by short-term cyclical trends.

4.   Runaway production appears to be a cyclical trend, so this may soon pass.

5.   The numbers seemed to please both those who cared about cyclical trends and those enamored of Internet highfliers.

6.   The phenomenon got its name from Peruvian fishermen who noted the cyclical trend generally started in December and associated it with Christmas.

7.   The reasons were fiscal policies, cyclical trends and weakened demand from major Western economies, he said.