Definition of iteratenext
as in to repeat
to say or state again no matter how many times I iterate that this so-called prank is a bad idea, no one listens

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Recent Examples of iterate For over a year, Green and his crew — including editor Carsten Kurpanek, head story artist Carlos Lutterbach and animation and sketchvis producer Ryan Delaney — iterated the movie, story beat by story beat, and gag by gag. — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 2026 The issue is that AI technology iterates extremely fast, causing related equipment and computing assets to depreciate rapidly, whereas financing debts are long term, creating a maturity mismatch risk. — CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026 Asian firms can iterate products, respond to signals, and scale production at a pace unmatched by Western firms. — Yasushi Sasaki, Fortune, 30 July 2026 The next issue was iterating through all the model changes necessary to incorporate the acrylic and NDF into the clock case. — Lee Hutchinson, ArsTechnica, 23 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for iterate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for iterate
repeat
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  • The shopkeeper’s brusque response would no doubt be repeated over and over again.
    — Rachel Heng, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026
  • These materials mimic important structural features of quasicrystals while having a repeating crystal structure that can be studied experimentally.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026

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“Iterate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/iterate. Accessed 7 Oct. 2026.

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