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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
Voluntary redundancy will be available to staff members.
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Alex Ritman,
Variety,
17 June 2026
The reduction in mass created by this design enables the use of four engines instead of a single main unit, increasing redundancy without exceeding launch constraints.
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Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
14 June 2026
Because regular maintenance in space is difficult, redundancy has to be built in at launch, and cost estimates have to account for efficiency degradation over time.
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IEEE Spectrum,
11 June 2026
The east side wells will improve capacity and improve redundancy.
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Shelley Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
10 June 2026
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Alex Ritman,
Variety,
17 June 2026
The reduction in mass created by this design enables the use of four engines instead of a single main unit, increasing redundancy without exceeding launch constraints.
—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
14 June 2026
Because regular maintenance in space is difficult, redundancy has to be built in at launch, and cost estimates have to account for efficiency degradation over time.
—
IEEE Spectrum,
11 June 2026
The east side wells will improve capacity and improve redundancy.
—
Shelley Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
10 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for redundancy
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Complete 10–15 repetitions per leg.
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Despite decades of repetition, eating more carrots will not give you night vision.
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In 2022, California recorded a nearly $100 billion surplus, saved just $10 billion in its rainy day fund and then spent the rest.
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Those include requiring property owners to file a claim with the government for any surplus proceeds from the tax sale.
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But his tenure was also marked by a notoriously volatile temperament that ultimately led to his dismissal in September 2000.
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Just a brutal start for Qatar, which now gets a red card and the dismissal of Homam El Amin.
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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.
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Stylish excesses are dialed back as cleaner camerawork, steadier editing and Farrell’s tender narration let the character breathe, blending sci-fi curiosity with classic detective-story stakes.
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And some creators, like Yeezy, see their right to print guns as an essential bulwark against the darkest excesses of America’s current government.
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Michael Reaves / Getty Images The decision to hire May fell in the lap of Mavericks president Masai Ujiri, who took over the team last month following the firing of former GM Nico Harrison in November.
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Johnson’s Office of Community Safety has seen major and sudden changes in recent months, particularly in Johnson’s sudden firing of Gatewood.
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Clarity In the AI era, verbosity is free and clarity is expensive.
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Director Scott Ellis understands all this, and thus the admirably specific physical business and slurred verbosity in his gently outré revival really makes for quite the amusing diversion.
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Top competitor Alibaba is also banking on an abundance of autonomous technology throughout its supply chain over the next few years.
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His core argument is that abundance carries hidden costs the effort of evaluating options, the fear of picking wrong and the nagging sense that some other choice might have been better.
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“Redundancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/redundancy. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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