as in redundant
marked by repetition
the repetitive lyrics of so many rock songs
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Recent Examples of repetitive
The city council rejected the plan, and residents argued that the proposal would increase traffic, and the businesses offered would be repetitive of others nearby.
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Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Unitree claims that the G1 is made to handle difficult, filthy, and repetitive jobs in a variety of settings, including at homes, factories, and hospitals.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2025
Leucovorin can help folate reach the brain, which in theory might improve verbal communication or reduce autism symptoms like irritability or repetitive behaviors.
—Aria Bendix, NBC news, 23 Sep. 2025
That weight felt appropriate; any higher might have put me at risk of hurting my back due to the quick, repetitive nature of Aero.
—PC Magazine, 23 Sep. 2025
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Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Unitree claims that the G1 is made to handle difficult, filthy, and repetitive jobs in a variety of settings, including at homes, factories, and hospitals.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2025
Leucovorin can help folate reach the brain, which in theory might improve verbal communication or reduce autism symptoms like irritability or repetitive behaviors.
—Aria Bendix, NBC news, 23 Sep. 2025
That weight felt appropriate; any higher might have put me at risk of hurting my back due to the quick, repetitive nature of Aero.
—PC Magazine, 23 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for repetitive
Adjective
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Any debate about who would start in the No 9 role at Palace is now redundant, but the more pressing issue for Slot is if, as expected, Isak is unable to complete 90 minutes, who should come on to replace him?—
Andy Jones,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
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As features evolve, unused fields, redundant queries and unoptimized data models creep in.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Ultimately, this film’s absurd existentialist deadpan aligns Lanthimos’ work here closer to Ruben Östlund than ever — himself a filmmaker likely drawing from Lanthimos these days — to mine the comedy of repetitious futility to disorienting effect.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
28 Aug. 2025
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Irakli’s search is less mission than meander, one that only lags during a slightly repetitious late stretch, before Koberidze gets us back.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
17 Aug. 2025
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The answer was equally basic at first, eliminate costly reconciliations and duplicative ledgers that plague capital markets.—
Christer Holloman,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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After a long process of validating legitimate claims and tossing out the ones that were fraudulent or duplicative, Angeion, the company in charge of distributing the payments, has finished its calculations determining how much each individual will get as payments go out starting this month.—
Alix Martichoux,
The Hill,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Repetitive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repetitive. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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