Examples of recursive in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Use your mouse to lift any one of those new shapes, then move it onto another grid for the sake of a recursive formula application. — Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica, 22 Apr. 2022 His recursive vocal tics seem to mirror the roundabout symmetry of the viral dances featured in his videos. — Will Dukes, Rolling Stone, 11 Apr. 2022 The film contains recursive layers of art imitating life, with Kopernikus’s own son, Louis Nӕss-Schmidt, playing the young Jørn and Kopernikus playing Nicolaj, a version of himself. — Nicolaj Kopernikus, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2022 The motifs—cascading green code, simulation theory, white rabbits—remain the same, a recursive loop that, while not new, plays a familiar melody. — Angela Watercutter, Wired, 22 Dec. 2021 His repetitions make his music feel like it’s moving inward, in recursive patterns that feel intricate and endless, like fractals. — Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2021 To piece together the insistent, almost recursive, voiceover that ebbs in and out of frame, is to witness someone trying desperately to speak to a parent who has probably not been up to the task of raising a child. — Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 11 Nov. 2021 Conceptualizing, planning, building and executing a data science model is a recursive process. — Sreekanth Mallikarjun, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2021 The overall rhythm of the comedy sometimes falters — the recursive structure seems to travel the same ground too often; there are diversions (a discussion of equal opportunity employment) that distract rather than enrich. — Helen Shaw, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2021 See More

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