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as in repetition
the use of too many words to express an idea
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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as in surplus
the state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or needed
there's a redundancy of high-priced restaurants in the area
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as in dismissal
chiefly British
the termination of the employment of an employee or a work force often temporarily
several dozen employees at the London office were lost to redundancy
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Recent Examples of redundancy
Other countries have also built up redundancy.
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Javier Blas, Twin Cities, 9 Mar. 2026
Critics believe sensor redundancy is critical in poor weather or unpredictable traffic.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 9 Mar. 2026
Saudi Arabia has since invested in pipeline networks, storage reservoirs and other redundancies designed to cushion short-term disruptions, as has the UAE.
—Annika Hammerschlag, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2026
That layered approach — physical barrier, electronic voltage monitoring, per-cell fusing, and real-time thermal sensing — addresses each failure mode with its own mitigation and creates redundancy across the system.
—Ryan Brennan
march 6, Kansas City Star, 6 Mar. 2026
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Javier Blas, Twin Cities, 9 Mar. 2026
Critics believe sensor redundancy is critical in poor weather or unpredictable traffic.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 9 Mar. 2026
Saudi Arabia has since invested in pipeline networks, storage reservoirs and other redundancies designed to cushion short-term disruptions, as has the UAE.
—Annika Hammerschlag, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2026
That layered approach — physical barrier, electronic voltage monitoring, per-cell fusing, and real-time thermal sensing — addresses each failure mode with its own mitigation and creates redundancy across the system.
—Ryan Brennan
march 6, Kansas City Star, 6 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for redundancy
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The series’ ad nauseam repetition, its pat dialogue laying bare its themes and episode titles reaffirming those ideas, feel like a desperate, and ultimately failed, attempt to prove to us — or maybe to itself — that Imperfect Women actually has something enlightening to say.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
18 Mar. 2026
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Go out, get reps, get repetitions.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
18 Mar. 2026
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Netflix was sitting on a surplus of As Ever products, including tea and baking mixes, totaling more than $10 million in value (so much so that the company started giving inventory to employees for free, putting the goods on card tables in various office buildings.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
17 Mar. 2026
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Going away for 24 hours or 24 weeks These days the savviest travelers have either a surplus of time (the ultimate luxury) or none at all.—
Matt Ortile,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 Mar. 2026
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Florida otherwise gets a pat dismissal in Newsom’s memoir.—
Claire Heddles,
Miami Herald,
12 Mar. 2026
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Authorities say Jesus Briceno Carrillo, 31, weaved into oncoming traffic, passed cars on the shoulder, and sped past three schools during dismissal before deputies caught him on a dead‑end road.—
Doug Myers,
CBS News,
12 Mar. 2026
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The repetitiveness of the plot is not helped by the many montages writer-director Yandy Laurens uses as shortcuts, instead of writing scenes that show how the central relationship is developing.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
15 Dec. 2025
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Ellison acquired Weiss’s the Free Press, a centrist digital news site that often targets excesses of the political left and is staunchly pro-Israel.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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Stomach-turning excesses by Immigration and Customs Enforcement have turned many Americans’ abstract political preference into something uncomfortably concrete.—
George F. Will,
Washington Post,
13 Mar. 2026
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Meanwhile, his company’s treatment of its essential workers, and the firing of Chris Smalls, an outspoken employee in a Staten Island warehouse, triggered the creation of the first Amazon union—a milestone in the recent surge of labor activism in America.—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
16 Mar. 2026
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By the end of March, Miller had become the new coach of Texas after the firing of Rodney Terry.—
Thomas Jones,
Austin American Statesman,
15 Mar. 2026
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The previous record-holder was President Clinton, famously known for his Southern-twang verbosity.—
Seema Mehta,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Feb. 2026
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This working prompt injection came only after much trial and error, explaining the verbosity and the detail in it.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
18 Sep. 2025
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In the statement, the department said people should continue to exercise an abundance of caution.—
Mathew Schumer,
Baltimore Sun,
18 Mar. 2026
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An abundance of academic research suggests that surging prices can have a detrimental effect on consumer psyche for years – even decades – after an inflation scare.—
Rachel Barber,
USA Today,
18 Mar. 2026
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“Redundancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/redundancy. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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