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
The Teresa jeans deliver an on-trend silhouette that’s tailored yet wide-leg, plus a subtle—but appreciated—lifting and smoothing effect that wins shoppers over again and again.
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Annie Blackman, InStyle, 27 Feb. 2026
The album is colored 10 shades of black with the occasional shock of white, but majesty, anger, fear, and a sort of awe surface again and again.
—Andrew Ryce, Pitchfork, 27 Feb. 2026
He’d been nominated again and again since 1916 — five times in physics and nine times in chemistry — by the same small circle of senior men who dominated science at the time.
—Natalia Sánchez Loayza, Scientific American, 26 Feb. 2026
So Old So Young by Grant Ginder Over twenty years and five parties, six college friends reunite again and again, believing their bond will outlast the upheavals of adulthood.
—Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 26 Feb. 2026
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Annie Blackman, InStyle, 27 Feb. 2026
The album is colored 10 shades of black with the occasional shock of white, but majesty, anger, fear, and a sort of awe surface again and again.
—Andrew Ryce, Pitchfork, 27 Feb. 2026
He’d been nominated again and again since 1916 — five times in physics and nine times in chemistry — by the same small circle of senior men who dominated science at the time.
—Natalia Sánchez Loayza, Scientific American, 26 Feb. 2026
So Old So Young by Grant Ginder Over twenty years and five parties, six college friends reunite again and again, believing their bond will outlast the upheavals of adulthood.
—Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 26 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for again and again
Adverb
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These are the technical, often unglamorous debates and policy decisions that justify the agency’s existence and the debates its appointees can have.—
Jay Caruso,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Feb. 2026
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But those who do often have substantial income.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
27 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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The institution tries to constantly fine-tune its assessments of how supply and demand are affecting prices.—
Matt Peterson,
CNBC,
5 Mar. 2026
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These arms act as cosmic nurseries where new stars are constantly forming.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
4 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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In Belgium, Ambassador Bill White has repeatedly weighed into an ongoing judicial investigation into circumcision practices in Antwerp’s orthodox Jewish community.—
Melissa Bell,
CNN Money,
27 Feb. 2026
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My group Unleash Prosperity warned repeatedly during the Biden years that the auto industry was sowing the seeds of its own destruction by getting hooked on the fool’s profits of taxpayer handouts for EVs.—
Stephen Moore,
Boston Herald,
26 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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That ability is especially important against mobile missile launchers and air defense units that frequently relocate.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Mar. 2026
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Jots frequently offers a prix-fixe theater menu, as well as a dog-friendly menu for those traveling with their pets.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Again and again.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/again%20and%20again. Accessed 5 Mar. 2026.
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