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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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2
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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3
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
Finally, maintaining true redundancy across multiple communication channels is an important strategy when trying to reach as many people as possible.
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Hamilton Bean, The Conversation, 11 July 2025
Design – Integrates safety principles, redundancy, and fault tolerance into the AV system's architecture and software.
—Richard Bishop, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Good Morning Britain journalist Noel Phillips is expected to leave the breakfast show after more than four years amid sweeping redundancies across ITV‘s daytime brands.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 31 July 2025
There’s a usefulness to showing this routine, especially as the line between what’s real and unreal blurs for Max, but the redundancy eventually wears on our own psyches, making the film feel like an unfortunate waiting game.
—Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 24 July 2025
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Hamilton Bean, The Conversation, 11 July 2025
Design – Integrates safety principles, redundancy, and fault tolerance into the AV system's architecture and software.
—Richard Bishop, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Good Morning Britain journalist Noel Phillips is expected to leave the breakfast show after more than four years amid sweeping redundancies across ITV‘s daytime brands.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 31 July 2025
There’s a usefulness to showing this routine, especially as the line between what’s real and unreal blurs for Max, but the redundancy eventually wears on our own psyches, making the film feel like an unfortunate waiting game.
—Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 24 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for redundancy
Noun
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This way, the conversation can move toward repair instead of repetition.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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Its gravity has collapsed beneath the weight of repetition and moral fatigue.—
Alaa Alqaisi
August 13,
Literary Hub,
13 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Worse, most individuals who want to set prices have biases that will guarantee resulting errors, creating shortages (think apartments in New York City) or surpluses (think U.S. government warehouses of cheese in the 1980s).—
Michael Lynch,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Because of statutory and constitutional requirements, those totals put Beacon Hill in a position to stash more money into reserves, and set up another sizable surtax surplus that lawmakers will get to dole out to education and transportation investments.—
State House News Service,
Boston Herald,
9 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Potter had just been appointed after Julen Lopetegui’s disruptive dismissal and West Ham did win at Manchester United and Ipswich Town in the last three games to bring some light to the season’s end.—
Michael Walker,
New York Times,
17 Aug. 2025
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Its current trustees have expressed hope that the La Jolla Town Council can move on peacefully from its recent turmoil involving a series of executive actions, member dismissals, resignations and impassioned public comments.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Aug. 2025
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Ultimately, the Rolls-Royce Corniche had become a global symbol of sumptuous indulgence and unbridled excess; the automotive equivalent of lighting a Cuban cigar with a hundred-dollar bill.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
15 Aug. 2025
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Once seen as an impressive point of national pride, the excess of these designs and the earlier Rococo style became a symbol of a corrupt ruling class that served solely its own interests.—
Elizabeth Fazzare,
Architectural Digest,
14 Aug. 2025
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VanDyke noted that the real decision-makers were the employing agencies that carried out the firings, not OPM, raising questions about whether the unions had sued the correct party.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Aug. 2025
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Bachmeier initially signed with Stanford but transferred after the March firing of coach Troy Taylor.—
Steve Megargee,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Aug. 2025
Noun
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But Sieh is the standout, emitting a complex blend of sardonic acceptance, cynical verbosity and submerged emotional longing.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2025
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Coogler can let his characters’ verbosity get the better of story momentum.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Apr. 2025
Noun
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With an abundance of metrics available, leaders often face the challenge of determining which data points truly matter.—
Matthew Gantner,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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There’s an abundance of choice, but what is Ridd most looking forward to about this year’s instalment?—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Aug. 2025
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The intuitive digital interface is impressive as well, including a one-touch start, adjustable diffusion time and intensity, and use of replaceable signature scent capsules.—
Austa Somvichian-Clausen,
Robb Report,
14 Aug. 2025
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The gaseous diffusion plant, built in 1952, produced enriched uranium as feedstock for the U.S.'s nuclear weapons program and later for use in nuclear power plants, according to the DOE, which owns the site.—
Connor Giffin,
The Courier-Journal,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Redundancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/redundancy. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.
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