The award was said to represent a major diversification for the group away from the highly cyclical construction industry.

Highly cyclical, the sector has often required investors to have strong stomachs.

But several sectors that are regarded as highly cyclical also rose sharply.

The memory bonanza may not last long, because silicon is highly cyclical.

Among the basic rules: Debt is dangerous for companies in highly cyclical industries.

Others are in highly cyclical ones like heavy equipment.

The process was highly cyclical and continued until enough pages were found for the searcher's use.

"The market thinks of it as highly cyclical like the airlines and lodging."

At another point, he said the slump was a result of "a highly cyclical and oversupplied industry."

He called Dow "the premier commercial chemical company in the world but highly cyclical."