as in redundant
marked by repetition
the repetitive lyrics of so many rock songs
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Recent Examples of repetitive
Post-Europe is a response to this seemingly repetitive situation and the increasing tendency of legitimating a nationalist and fascist discourse.
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Daniel Birnbaum, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2025
For the first time, machines can perform not only repetitive tasks, but cognitive work once reserved for humans.
—Marc Benioff, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
Respondents cited repetitive tasks, lack of appreciation, and rising expectations without corresponding pay increases.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Aug. 2025
My frustration comes from how shockingly repetitive the show is formally.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 23 Aug. 2025
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Daniel Birnbaum, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2025
For the first time, machines can perform not only repetitive tasks, but cognitive work once reserved for humans.
—Marc Benioff, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
Respondents cited repetitive tasks, lack of appreciation, and rising expectations without corresponding pay increases.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Aug. 2025
My frustration comes from how shockingly repetitive the show is formally.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 23 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for repetitive
Recent Examples of Synonyms for repetitive
Adjective
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For comparison’s sake, though, the now somewhat redundant Super Mario 3D All-Stars also contained the first Super Mario Galaxy and bizarrely went out of print back in 2021.—
Mitch Wallace,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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The Dodgers are up to five left-handers in their bullpen right now, which Roberts conceded is a tad redundant.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
10 Sep. 2025
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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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There are also concerns that CIISA’s work is duplicative of standards already in place across the industry.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
10 Sep. 2025
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Logging everything, all the time, creates massive volumes of low-context, duplicative or irrelevant data.—
Bill Hineline,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Repetitive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repetitive. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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