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- even though the phrase "free gift" is a redundancy, many retailers still use it to assure customers that an item is really free
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- there's a redundancy of high-priced restaurants in the area
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- several dozen employees at the London office were lost to redundancy
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From the Editors at Merriam-Webster
'The Reason Is Because': Redundant But...
'The Reason Is Because': Redundant But Acceptable
If 'because' can mean 'that,' why not say "the reason is because"?
'Free Gift' and Other Redundancies
'Free Gift' and Other Redundancies
Not all redundancies are created equal
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“Redundancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/redundancy. Accessed 29 Jan. 2020.
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The first known use of redundancy was in 1601
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