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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
But that’s the issue when the Maple Leafs have blown so many series over the past 12 years, losing elimination games again and again with this core group of players.
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James Mirtle, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
Maybe the trauma was having the type of brain that this type of world is not built for and butting up against that frustration again and again.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 29 Apr. 2025
No, Xi’s Communist Party isn’t enjoying Trump raising tariffs on China again and again like some manic auctioneer.
—William Pesek, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
With Jim Crow, an imperfect church, economic despair, and the Klan looming, the film underlines again and again the essentiality of love—not as an antidote, but as an alternative, an entirely separate mode of experiencing the world.
—Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 22 Apr. 2025
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James Mirtle, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
Maybe the trauma was having the type of brain that this type of world is not built for and butting up against that frustration again and again.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 29 Apr. 2025
No, Xi’s Communist Party isn’t enjoying Trump raising tariffs on China again and again like some manic auctioneer.
—William Pesek, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
With Jim Crow, an imperfect church, economic despair, and the Klan looming, the film underlines again and again the essentiality of love—not as an antidote, but as an alternative, an entirely separate mode of experiencing the world.
—Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 22 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for again and again
Adverb
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May is also Mental Health Awareness Month—an observance many companies often mark by promoting mental health initiatives to their employees.—
Katherine Fung,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 May 2025
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The emergencies in these shows are contained and often solvable.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
9 May 2025
Adverb
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That’s forced her into constantly trying to outdo herself.—
Chris Malone Méndez,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2025
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The incident's central command constantly receives progress reports from firefighters on the ground.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
17 May 2025
Adverb
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In an annual Athletic poll, his peers have repeatedly named him one of the most overrated players in the league.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
4 May 2025
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Over the course of two weeks, she was repeatedly assaulted and harassed by an unidentified man now wanted by police.—
Cerys Davies,
Los Angeles Times,
3 May 2025
Adverb
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In the study, those who used AI frequently were less likely to perceive an AI-using candidate as lazy.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
8 May 2025
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Social and economic pressures frequently compel Black women to alter their appearance to conform to white beauty standards, said study co-author Janette Robinson Flint, executive director of Black Women for Wellness.—
Ronnie Cohen,
NPR,
8 May 2025
Adverb
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The terror weaves across decades and across the globe, but the threads themselves loop back on themselves over and over again.—
Paul A. Thompson,
Pitchfork,
13 May 2025
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That is the easiest part of my job, falling in love with Audra McDonald over and over again.—
Dave Quinn,
People.com,
13 May 2025
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“Again and again.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/again%20and%20again. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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