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again and again

adverb

: at frequent intervals : often, repeatedly

Examples of again and again in a Sentence

as she's gotten older, Grandma has tended to ask the same things again and again
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It was pushed there, again and again, by Bolsonaro himself. Julia Vargas Jones, CNN Money, 25 Nov. 2025 No, the Niners need to get back to the basics of the Shanahan offense and run outside zone again and again and again this week. Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 22 Nov. 2025 Angine desperately returns to the store, again and again, to get her fix from Malaise, her face reddening from blood just below the surface, a canvas of her awakened desire. The New Yorker, New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2025 In a world that keeps telling women to sit down, she’s done the opposite, reminding us that greatness was never about staying whole, but about the audacity of choosing—again and again—to charge through the gate. Sierra Shafer, Outside, 18 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for again and again

Word History

First Known Use

1533, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of again and again was in 1533

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“Again and again.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/again%20and%20again. Accessed 30 Nov. 2025.

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