as in often
many times
as she's gotten older, Grandma has tended to ask the same things again and again
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Recent Examples of again and again
And again and again, Ruto has been part of the governments inflicting the violence.
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Troy Onyango, Time, 24 July 2025
Shoppers also return to these meals again and again due to the impressive range of options, including many hearty classics, as well as specialty meals such as vegetarian, low-carb, or high-protein.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 12 July 2025
Eastland saw floods damage Camp Mystic again and again – and his pregnant wife was even airlifted to a hospital while the camp in central Texas was cut off by floodwaters.
—Curt Devine, CNN Money, 11 July 2025
Managing your career today means learning to navigate the transitions between these cycles—again and again.
—Nirit Cohen, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025
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Troy Onyango, Time, 24 July 2025
Shoppers also return to these meals again and again due to the impressive range of options, including many hearty classics, as well as specialty meals such as vegetarian, low-carb, or high-protein.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 12 July 2025
Eastland saw floods damage Camp Mystic again and again – and his pregnant wife was even airlifted to a hospital while the camp in central Texas was cut off by floodwaters.
—Curt Devine, CNN Money, 11 July 2025
Managing your career today means learning to navigate the transitions between these cycles—again and again.
—Nirit Cohen, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for again and again
Adverb
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Conservative faculty are almost impossible to find at Harvard, and that absence has created a warped, often anti-intellectual, climate on campus.—
Samuel J. Abrams,
National Review,
19 July 2025
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Those guards hanging around the entrance to the nest site will attack with much less provocation, often flying out to sting someone who happens to walk within 10 feet or so.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
19 July 2025
Adverb
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The incident's central command constantly receives progress reports from firefighters on the ground.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
28 July 2025
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Her face became constantly red and blotchy, like a persistent rash or rosacea across her face, neck and chest.—
Jordan Greene,
People.com,
28 July 2025
Adverb
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Garza’s office has recently come under fire for repeatedly missing a similar deadline to indict suspects.—
Tony Plohetski,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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These systems tend to short-cycle—turning on and off in quick succession—requiring more electricity to repeatedly start the compressor than to simply run it steadily.—
Brynn Cooksey,
Forbes.com,
30 July 2025
Adverb
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Now, those teams frequently move games to larger arenas when teams like Clark's Fever and the Chicago Sky, with its star Angel Reese, come to town.—
Becky Sullivan,
NPR,
19 July 2025
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This is because such partners cheat more frequently themselves.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025
Adverb
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The plot is revealed over and over in scenes where one character or another explains everything to Max, though each scene negates all the exposition in the one preceding it.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
25 July 2025
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And the cycle of inequity repeats over and over, especially for people who were never invited into those rooms to begin with.—
Julia Korn,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
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“Again and again.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/again%20and%20again. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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