again and again

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Recent Examples of again and again One set of events recut again and again into parallel worlds. Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026 But first, that jet needed to get to Miami — and Sharma’s flight-tracking app showed its arrival time getting pushed back again and again. David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2026 Ford had introduced the moving assembly line in 1913, subjecting workers to repeating the same easily learned task again and again—boosting productivity and disciplining laborers. Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026 Part of the frustration and fascination of these climbing docs is that the filmmakers can never quite answer the question of why these people — tenacious, but undoubtedly masochistic — carry on and up the mountain again and again. Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for again and again
Recent Examples of Synonyms for again and again
Adverb
  • Those numbers were often compiled against lesser competition.
    Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Commercial launch demand was on the wane, and what demand there was often went to launch providers in Europe or Russia.
    Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • What is something people constantly assume about you that is completely wrong?
    Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026
  • The Americans were constantly pounding the ball inside and converting turnovers into easy layups.
    ABC News, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • She’s repeatedly called on global leaders to advocate for a ceasefire in Gaza.
    Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Floods have repeatedly reshaped cities, destroyed communities, and caused some of the largest death tolls ever recorded from natural disasters.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • The company employs about 850 people, does hundreds of millions of dollars in infrastructure work around the Northeast, and is frequently Connecticut’s choice on big-ticket contracts to construct schools, rebuild highways or repair bridges.
    Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 8 Sep. 2026
  • For example, an enterprise may deploy an AI customer-service agent that achieves high technical accuracy, yet still fail because customers must repeat information, escalation paths are unclear and employees frequently override recommendations.
    Ashwin Gaidhani, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026

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“Again and again.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/again%20and%20again. Accessed 13 Sep. 2026.

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