Sometimes repetition is necessary to drive a point home.
Children's songs involve lots of repetition.
I quit my job at the factory because I hated the mindless repetition.
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In any event, Jia’s longtime admirers will recognize that this oddly repetitive scene is itself a repetition.—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 2 May 2025 As the latest repetition of the Iron Man and Avengers formula, Thunderbolts* markets familiarity as a brand.—Armond White, National Review, 2 May 2025 Each task is repeated about 50 times, and patients might perform a total of 300 repetitions in a single session, Subramani Seetharama, a rehabilitation specialist at Hartford HealthCare, said.—Katy Golvala, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2025 Yet Bar’s professional record is precisely what makes the repetition of the word refuse in his affidavit a model for other state officials—in Israel, the United States, and other democracies under threat.—Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 25 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for repetition
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Etymology
Middle English repeticion, from Middle French, from Latin repetition-, repetitio, from repetere to repeat
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