again and again

adverb

Synonyms of again and againnext
: 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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Because Brunson got off the ball again and again to deliver the Knicks’ their first victory of the new calendar year. Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2026 Webster believes that Bongino and Patel have become polluted by the same swamp that Trump has again and again vowed to clean up. Jamie Thompson, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026 Those same clean domains appeared again and again across other extensions that quietly connected to entirely different malicious infrastructure. Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 6 Jan. 2026 Some stories don’t need to be revived again and again. Brent Lang, Variety, 5 Jan. 2026 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 10 Jan. 2026.

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