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 Several iterations of the idea have since taken shape, expanding to refugees, students with intellectual and developmental disabilities, seniors with chronic illness. Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026 Today’s roofing, siding, decking, and pavers are lower maintenance, more durable than older iterations, and designed to better withstand all kinds of conditions, including high winds, hail, wildfires, and flooding. Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Aug. 2026 Their values were not separated by more than $300 million in any of the first six iterations of Sportico’s NBA team valuations. Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 13 Aug. 2026 Compared to the more flawed Sherlock Holmes or James Bond — two other literary heroes whose various screen iterations have often, albeit not always, sanded down their complexities — Reacher is barely a character at all. Chris Klimek, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2026 After several iterations and quite a bit of tweaking, this seemed like the right time to bring the collaboration nationwide. Amber Love Bond, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026 Individual policies required about 10 hours of training, or roughly 7,000 iterations, on a single NVIDIA L4 GPU. Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026 Both iterations are formulated with smoothing honey extract, strawberry, blueberry, and papaya extracts, plus milk proteins to fortify and condition strands. Annie Blackman, InStyle, 12 Aug. 2026 But, as with any franchise, some of these iterations are light-years better than others. Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for iterations
Noun
  • Complete eight to 10 repetitions, then switch your stance and repeat on the opposite side.
    Dana Santas, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Redshirt sophomore Kaylon Miller has taken repetitions at center and redshirt freshman Willi Wascher was second on the depth chart at the position for the Alamo Bowl last season.
    Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 6 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • When spring arrives, the larvae pupate into adults, emerge from the tree, and the 1-year life cycle repeats.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Aug. 2026
  • While French acknowledges that color palettes and repeats might fall in or out of trend, the pattern sandwich will endure.
    Kelsey Mulvey, Vogue, 6 Aug. 2026

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“Iterations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/iterations. Accessed 16 Aug. 2026.

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