ad infinitum
adverb or adjective
ad in·fi·ni·tum
ˌad-ˌin-fə-ˈnī-təm 
also ˌäd-
: without end or limit
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This back and forth and back was repeated, sometimes ad infinitum, with beatings, robberies and deaths thrown into the mix.
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Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2024
The goal should be not to contain Iran ad infinitum but to limit its destructive influences while facilitating its transition to a nation that can begin to realize its potential to serve as a constructive force in the world.
—Dmitry Adamsky, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2011
As customer service teams solve new problems, the solutions go into the training model, so the tools get progressively better at solving problems, ad infinitum.
—Lou Senko, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
On more than one occasion, parents have filed lawsuits against social-media companies alleging their algorithms were designed to keep users scrolling ad infinitum, essentially addicting their children to the platform.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 24 Feb. 2024
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Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2024
The goal should be not to contain Iran ad infinitum but to limit its destructive influences while facilitating its transition to a nation that can begin to realize its potential to serve as a constructive force in the world.
—Dmitry Adamsky, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2011
As customer service teams solve new problems, the solutions go into the training model, so the tools get progressively better at solving problems, ad infinitum.
—Lou Senko, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
On more than one occasion, parents have filed lawsuits against social-media companies alleging their algorithms were designed to keep users scrolling ad infinitum, essentially addicting their children to the platform.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 24 Feb. 2024
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“Ad infinitum.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ad%20infinitum. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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