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Recent Examples of redundant Conduct an audit to address redundant, outdated, trivial and conflicting content. Philip Brittan, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025 Kendall said both planes and air traffic control centers have redundant systems that serve as backups if a primary component fails. Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 22 May 2025 This included making around 200 employees redundant. Jake Kanter, Deadline, 21 May 2025 The easy-access video connection also feels a bit redundant when the U8QD already supports Android, iOS, and Chrome tab streaming wirelessly with Apple AirPlay and Google Cast. PC Magazine, 20 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for redundant
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Adjective
  • Drivers are urged to slow down and use extra caution to avoid hydroplaning.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 14 June 2025
  • The group looked back on special moments that took place on the set, ranging from reunions, pregnancy announcements and weddings to concerts, interviews, Halloween costumes and elaborate extra sets that expanded onto the streets outside.
    Michael Nied, People.com, 13 June 2025
Adjective
  • However, a $3 billion gap still exists in the funding, which authorities have said could be plugged by cutting costs on prior projects and selling surplus real estate.
    Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 May 2025
  • Most surplus workers can be found crowding freeways every workday, leaving the Inland Empire for jobs in coastal employment hubs.
    Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 30 May 2025
Adjective
  • For organizations trying to get a step ahead, garments can be pre-ordered, giving organizations flexibility without fear of having excess inventory, all without any of the hassle that would usually come alongside such an endeavor.
    Jason Phillips, USA Today, 7 June 2025
  • Since late last year, one third of his suppliers, saddled with excess inventory in China, have offered steep discounts of up to 70%.
    Anniek Bao, CNBC, 6 June 2025
Adjective
  • The two aircraft may have been used as spare parts for the other operational aircraft.
    Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 16 June 2025
  • In 2011, Boeing was found to have been grossly overcharging the Army for spare helicopter parts; a four-cent metal pin, for example, was billed at $71.01.
    Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
Adjective
  • That heritage is doubtless a poisoned chalice because if the film had been a shot-for-shot remake of the original it would have been branded lazy and superfluous.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
  • And though some familiar causes of bloat, such as performances of each of the Best Song nominees, were absent, nature abhors a vacuum, and this year’s showrunners found plenty of other superfluous moments to include.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Without a clear roadmap, friendship breakups often feel ambiguous, or sometimes lead to unnecessary hurt.
    Charles Trepany, USA Today, 7 June 2025
  • These unnecessary burdens slow them down, drain their energy, and keep them from reaching their next level.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025

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“Redundant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/redundant. Accessed 21 Jun. 2025.

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