repeater

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Recent Examples of repeater Not another repeater, but this week’s Wayne Gretzky Award winner for a hat trick of inspection failures. David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 21 July 2025 The sale actually included six minute repeaters, which collectively realized an impressive $4 million. Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 11 June 2025 Wi-Fi extenders and repeaters can help if your signal is weak in certain areas. Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 4 July 2025 At least seven top luxury watchmakers release perpetual calendars this year—some in multiple iterations, others in combination with minute repeaters. Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 15 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for repeater
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Noun
  • Elam has been researching the Pusser case for decades, and has provided information to the TBI, including a 2023 lead on a carbine that may have belonged to Pusser.
    Keith Sharon, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
  • Hale’s firearms included an AR-15 pistol, a semi-automatic AR pistol, a semi-automatic carbine rifle and a semi-automatic pistol.
    John Miller, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • In the original series, Dexter was a forensics technician who targeted the most heinous of criminals.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
  • President Trump's bold leadership will restore our nation's capital by creating opportunities for businesses to flourish without fear of criminals looting and destroying their property.
    Theo Burman Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • After the shooting, Hughes disposed of the rifle, wiped his computer history and tried to blame the killing on his girlfriend’s ex-husband, prosecutors said.
    Caleb Lunetta, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2025
  • When everything was ready, Paul shoved his rifle into the saddle boot and climbed onto Flikka.
    Fred C. Mercer, Outdoor Life, 14 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • On the goods side, higher food prices were the biggest culprit behind a 0.7% monthly increase.
    Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2025
  • In California, there are three common culprits behind most bites, according to pest expert Stephen Tahija, owner of Next Generation Pest Control in Manteca.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The East German guards, many still in uniform but without their lethal machine guns, seemed amused, almost giddy.
    Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2025
  • In July 2023, he was accused of importing a gun part to convert a semi-automatic rifle into a fully automatic machine gun.
    Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 29 July 2025
Noun
  • As the train headed toward its last stop, the crook leaned over, began petting Roc, unclasped his leash and took the dog without waking Williams, said the homeless man, who was later shown surveillance footage of the dastardly dognapping from inside the subway car.
    Julian Roberts-Grmela, New York Daily News, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Her arm bones seemed to heat up and burn in the crook of her elbows.
    Annie Proulx, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Pirro said a blanket ban on possessing shotguns and rifles violates the court's 2022 ruling that struck down a New York gun law and held that people have a right to carry firearms in public for self-defense.
    Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • The Menendez brothers have been incarcerated for more than three decades after they were convicted of the 1989 shotgun murders of their parents, José and Kitty Menendez, in Beverly Hills.
    Liam Quinn, People.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Gerald Ford, who was President during the peak of the arson wave, publicly mentioned the Bronx just once, to go by the American Presidency Project, and that was to commend Merola’s office for locking up recidivists.
    Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Swafford, described by police as a recidivist, was charged with Grand Larceny Auto, Criminal Possession of Stolen Property, Unauthorized Use of a Vehicle and Obstructing Governmental Administration.
    Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2025

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“Repeater.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repeater. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.

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