again and again

adverb

: at frequent intervals : often, repeatedly

Synonyms of again and again

• often
• constantly
• repeatedly
• frequently
• time and again
• time after time

Examples of again and again in a Sentence

as she's gotten older, Grandma has tended to ask the same things again and again

Recent Examples on the Web

The habit that turns up again and again among people who reason clearly isn’t consumption at all. — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

But the insurgent left has again and again upset leadership plans with high-risk choices to serve its own factional agenda, putting at risk once-probable Senate victories in Maine, Michigan, and some House seats too. — David Frum, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2026

The drama will escalate, and the cycle will repeat again and again. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2026

Telescopes have upended astronomy again and again by illuminating what was previously invisible to the naked eye. — Elijah Tan, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1533, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for again and again

• materialmen
• airmen
• amen
• bullpen
• culmen
• flagmen
• gunmen
• lawmen
• oilmen
• playpen
• schoolmen
• tegmen