as in redundant
marked by repetition
the repetitive lyrics of so many rock songs
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Recent Examples of repetitive
Listlessness was an occupational hazard for monks, with their long, ritualized, repetitive days.
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JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2025
The system can assist the elbow, shoulder, and waist at the same time, reducing muscle effort by over 40 percent during repetitive tasks.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2025
Doing the same routine over and over will likely yield diminishing returns, while raising the chances of boredom or a repetitive-use injury.
—Jamie Ducharme, Health, 28 Oct. 2025
Through automating repetitive tasks, flagging risks, and prioritizing leads, monday CRM helps companies spend less time micromanaging complex systems and more time closing on important, meaningful deals.
—Ethan Stone, Freep.com, 27 Oct. 2025
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JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2025
The system can assist the elbow, shoulder, and waist at the same time, reducing muscle effort by over 40 percent during repetitive tasks.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2025
Doing the same routine over and over will likely yield diminishing returns, while raising the chances of boredom or a repetitive-use injury.
—Jamie Ducharme, Health, 28 Oct. 2025
Through automating repetitive tasks, flagging risks, and prioritizing leads, monday CRM helps companies spend less time micromanaging complex systems and more time closing on important, meaningful deals.
—Ethan Stone, Freep.com, 27 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for repetitive
Recent Examples of Synonyms for repetitive
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Volvo's New River Valley plant in Virginia is producing the VNL Autonomous with six critical redundant or back-up systems — including dual braking, steering, communication, computing, power, energy storage and motion control — which are key to safe operations without a driver in the seat.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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And again on the chopping block are supply expenditures, including eliminating redundant technology and the general use of CAL-Card accounts.—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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Other once-promising supporting players are reduced to repetitious stalling patterns.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
16 Oct. 2025
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The repetitious questions did not throw him off his course.—
Ann Patchett,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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Advocates say the push burdens states with duplicative verification checks and could lead people to lose coverage just for missing paperwork deadlines.—
Phil Galewitz,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025
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Salesforce is not just adding basic AI features, like another duplicative LLM.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Repetitive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repetitive. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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