iterate
verb
it·er·ate
ˈi-tə-ˌrāt 
iterated; iterating
: to say or do again or again and again : reiterate
Examples of iterate in a Sentence
no matter how many times I iterate that this so-called prank is a bad idea, no one listens
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Showrunner is a scant identifier for Murphy, who, next to Taylor Sheridan and possibly Tyler Perry, cuts, rather, the figure of a streaming imperialist, endlessly iterating formulaic soaps about gender and power in the country.
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Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2026
Both models can write, test, and debug code with minimal human intervention—even iterating on their own work and refining features before presenting results to developers.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 14 Feb. 2026
Doctrines and designs which a few years since could find no mouthpiece out of a bar-room, or the piratical den of a filibuster, are now clothed with power by the authentic response of the bench of our highest judicatory, and obsequiously iterated from the oracular recesses of the National Palace.
—Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2026
Lockheed Martin’s push toward autonomy The US defense firm emphasizes that the drone was developed quickly using internal funding, allowing engineers to iterate without lengthy procurement delays.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 10 Feb. 2026
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Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2026
Both models can write, test, and debug code with minimal human intervention—even iterating on their own work and refining features before presenting results to developers.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 14 Feb. 2026
Doctrines and designs which a few years since could find no mouthpiece out of a bar-room, or the piratical den of a filibuster, are now clothed with power by the authentic response of the bench of our highest judicatory, and obsequiously iterated from the oracular recesses of the National Palace.
—Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2026
Lockheed Martin’s push toward autonomy The US defense firm emphasizes that the drone was developed quickly using internal funding, allowing engineers to iterate without lengthy procurement delays.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 10 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for iterate
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“Iterate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/iterate. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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