as in repeating
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 iterating
Since then, Shashou and Effron have been iterating alongside what has become a team of 50 robotics engineers on the manicure system, which can remove nail polish; deliver cuticle care; file nails — without blades — and impart colored polish and a top coat to finish.
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Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 10 Nov. 2025
But some retailers are testing, iterating, and gathering insights from every conversation their AI agents have, while others are waiting for certainty that will never come.
—Fayez Mohamood, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2025
The Wright brothers famously sat with their sister Katharine at their dining room table after test flights, iterating on their successes and failures together.
—Natalie Silverman, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
That doesn't mean Apple is totally done iterating on the iPhone X-style design, though.
—Andrew Cunningham, ArsTechnica, 5 Sep. 2025
Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 10 Nov. 2025
But some retailers are testing, iterating, and gathering insights from every conversation their AI agents have, while others are waiting for certainty that will never come.
—Fayez Mohamood, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2025
The Wright brothers famously sat with their sister Katharine at their dining room table after test flights, iterating on their successes and failures together.
—Natalie Silverman, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
That doesn't mean Apple is totally done iterating on the iPhone X-style design, though.
—Andrew Cunningham, ArsTechnica, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for iterating
repeating
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Now, two decades later, the cycle appears to be repeating.—
Israel Melendez Ayala,
Time,
10 Nov. 2025
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This included repeating racist comments in 2019, insinuating a claim that Blacks are less intelligent than Whites due to genetics.—
Christina Zdanowicz,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Iterating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/iterating. Accessed 19 Nov. 2025.
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