as in repetition
the act of saying or doing over again
your constant iteration of the same piddling complaints is wearing thin
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Recent Examples of iteration
In the only matchup that matters for this iteration of the Thunder, Holmgren — thinner, shorter, worse at nearly every attribute, less forceful, less personally invested in their collision than his French counterpart — saw his impact diminished, from All-Star to afterthought.
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Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 31 May 2026
High now makes its way overtop to the low-top iteration.
—Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 31 May 2026
The actor—soon to be seen starring in the forthcoming East of Eden—wore some very floral-foward glam, a next-level iteration of boho beauty.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 31 May 2026
The students spent months preparing for interviews with the judges and compiling a 100-plus page digital engineering notebook, showing their thinking and the iterations in the coding and design of their robots.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 May 2026
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Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 31 May 2026
High now makes its way overtop to the low-top iteration.
—Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 31 May 2026
The actor—soon to be seen starring in the forthcoming East of Eden—wore some very floral-foward glam, a next-level iteration of boho beauty.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 31 May 2026
The students spent months preparing for interviews with the judges and compiling a 100-plus page digital engineering notebook, showing their thinking and the iterations in the coding and design of their robots.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for iteration
Noun
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Capitalist tactics—repetition, decontextualization, estrangement—were put in service of their literal-minded appropriations.—
Jeremy Lybarger,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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O’Farrell’s sentences — the musicality of her repetitions, the genial warmth of her narration, the visceral pleasures of her imagery — offer comfort against the backdrop of heartbreak so common to her fiction.—
Rachel Vorona Cote,
Vulture,
2 June 2026
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The comparison is not of the apples-to-apples variety, because a late-night host’s last program is bound to win a large audience, just as a repeat aired on a Friday night is not.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
29 May 2026
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Charlotte’s restrictions prohibit many discretionary outdoor water uses and allow violations to carry fines beginning at $100, with escalating penalties for repeat offenses or if drought conditions worsen.—
Nora O'Neill,
Charlotte Observer,
29 May 2026
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Phishing campaigns, credential-stuffing attacks, token replay and session hijacking can occur from anywhere in the world and organizations must assume a compromise exists and architect systems that minimize the blast radius based on zero-trust tenets.—
Morey Haber,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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This allows for real-time telemetry monitoring, subsystem diagnostics, historical data replay, and remote intervention from anywhere in the world.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
1 June 2026
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“Iteration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/iteration. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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