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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Here’s what earned a spot in my carry-on—again and again. Claire Volkman, Travel + Leisure, 23 June 2025 That puts us in the position where an American President or Israel might start striking Iran again and again. Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 22 June 2025 With Starship, the key factor is the ability to land and reuse vast amounts of the rocket stages again and again. Sara Webb, Space.com, 22 June 2025 In Bong Joon Ho’s most recent film, Mickey 17, a desperate space colonist volunteers himself to be cloned again and again, exchanging a lethal job for passage to another world. Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 21 June 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 Jun. 2025.

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