as in repetitive
marked by repetition
duplicative efforts in this area that are just a waste of time
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Recent Examples of duplicative
The changes are focused on removing redundant and duplicative rules.
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Ed Crooks, IEEE Spectrum, 17 Dec. 2025
Eliminate payment for duplicative work.
—Jenna Abbott, Oc Register, 30 Nov. 2025
States also are trying to do more to find out what’s in utility forecasts and weed out speculative or duplicative projects.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2025
Advocates say the push burdens states with duplicative verification checks and could lead people to lose coverage just for missing paperwork deadlines.
—Kff Health News, Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2025
Advocates say the push burdens states with duplicative verification checks and could lead people to lose coverage just for missing paperwork deadlines.
—Phil Galewitz, CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2025
The answer was equally basic at first, eliminate costly reconciliations and duplicative ledgers that plague capital markets.
—Christer Holloman, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
After a long process of validating legitimate claims and tossing out the ones that were fraudulent or duplicative, Angeion, the company in charge of distributing the payments, has finished its calculations determining how much each individual will get as payments go out starting this month.
—Alix Martichoux, The Hill, 11 Sep. 2025
There are also concerns that CIISA’s work is duplicative of standards already in place across the industry.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2025
Ed Crooks, IEEE Spectrum, 17 Dec. 2025
Eliminate payment for duplicative work.
—Jenna Abbott, Oc Register, 30 Nov. 2025
States also are trying to do more to find out what’s in utility forecasts and weed out speculative or duplicative projects.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2025
Advocates say the push burdens states with duplicative verification checks and could lead people to lose coverage just for missing paperwork deadlines.
—Kff Health News, Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2025
Advocates say the push burdens states with duplicative verification checks and could lead people to lose coverage just for missing paperwork deadlines.
—Phil Galewitz, CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2025
The answer was equally basic at first, eliminate costly reconciliations and duplicative ledgers that plague capital markets.
—Christer Holloman, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
After a long process of validating legitimate claims and tossing out the ones that were fraudulent or duplicative, Angeion, the company in charge of distributing the payments, has finished its calculations determining how much each individual will get as payments go out starting this month.
—Alix Martichoux, The Hill, 11 Sep. 2025
There are also concerns that CIISA’s work is duplicative of standards already in place across the industry.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for duplicative
repetitive
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By 2030, the company expects Atlas to take on more complex responsibilities, including repetitive and heavy-load assembly work.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Jan. 2026
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Physicians are hoping that AI can transform routine healthcare work by increasing access, reducing costs, and automating repetitive tasks.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Duplicative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duplicative. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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