iterations

plural of iteration
as in repetitions
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 iterations Dolce e Gabbana’s showgirl looks were teamed with three custom iterations of Bared Footwear’s knee-high Pandion boot in gold, silver and patent black. — Patty Huntington, Footwear News, 26 Sep. 2026 It's undergone a few iterations, including having the higher-seeded team host the first two games. — ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026 After several iterations, the system is now producing supply air around 49–54°F and automatically cooling parts of the house. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026 That’s because Muse, Meta’s recently released personal AI agent, is coming to the seemingly 4,000 iterations of Meta smart glasses that now exist. — Victoria Song, The Verge, 23 Sep. 2026 By copying themselves instead of cutting, retrotransposons can easily flood a genome with many iterations of themselves. — Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026 This is someone who has seen so many iterations of you, and you of them. — Goth Shakira, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026 With their timeless, easy-to-style appeal and elevated finish, these simple slip-on shoes come in countless iterations and are almost always incredibly comfortable and simultaneously chic. — Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 17 Sep. 2026 Newer style iterations, from brands like Madewell, Mango, and Sézane, come in pretty suedes that soften the loafer-meets-moccasion style to feel more elevated. — Kaitlin Clapinski, InStyle, 17 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for iterations
Noun
  • Lee’s lines have the intimacy and metaphysical heft of prayer; their elegant recursions and repetitions call to mind the cycles of life, death, and rebirth.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The story’s language is incantatory, with repetitions that echo the passing scenery.
    — Anna Mebel, JSTOR Daily, 17 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The soliloquy, roughly thirty seconds long, repeats on a loop.
    — Matthew McLean, Artforum, 22 Sep. 2026
  • In recent years, however, between the endless paid-for invites and choreographed step and repeats, going out can feel like clocking into another job.
    — Amy Francombe, Vogue, 22 Sep. 2026

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“Iterations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/iterations. Accessed 28 Sep. 2026.

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