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Recent Examples of repeater
This is only the second time in the last 33 years that three of the final four teams are repeaters, with Stars-Oilers a do-over from last season and Florida attempting to make the final a third consecutive time.
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James Mirtle, New York Times, 22 May 2025
Photo: Sue Tallon To keep the signal going after the first 50 km, a repeater was then used to convert light pulses into electronic signals, clean them up, amplify them, and then retransmit them with another laser down the next length of fiber.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 Jan. 2016
Plus, a partial outage affecting some network repeaters is causing more problems: the card reader only works intermittently, and that leads to endless lines of frustrated customers.
—Katie Primm, NBC news, 9 May 2025
Photo : Courtesy of Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Tribute Minute Repeater
Some minute repeaters show off their mechanical complexity through the dial side, while others display it through the caseback.
—Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 3 May 2025
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James Mirtle, New York Times, 22 May 2025
Photo: Sue Tallon To keep the signal going after the first 50 km, a repeater was then used to convert light pulses into electronic signals, clean them up, amplify them, and then retransmit them with another laser down the next length of fiber.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 Jan. 2016
Plus, a partial outage affecting some network repeaters is causing more problems: the card reader only works intermittently, and that leads to endless lines of frustrated customers.
—Katie Primm, NBC news, 9 May 2025
Photo : Courtesy of Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Tribute Minute Repeater
Some minute repeaters show off their mechanical complexity through the dial side, while others display it through the caseback.
—Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 3 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for repeater
Noun
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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
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In an interview with police, a family member said that Luke Howard had a 10mm Hi-Point carbine rifle and a 10mm glock handgun, court records said.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
13 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Recently, however, the technology has been used by criminals for purposes of sextortion.—
Steve Weisman,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2025
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But with this bill, Republicans are laying the groundwork to gut safeguards that stopped criminals from getting these deadly weapons.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 July 2025
Noun
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Plus, the robots in question here aren't miniature terminators that crawl about blasting mucus from the walls of your sinuses with laser rifles.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
30 June 2025
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Topline Authorities reportedly identified the man suspected of killing two firefighters and injuring another in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho—after he was found dead next to the sniper rifle believed to be used to ambush firefighters responding to a wildfire.—
Siladitya Ray,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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The greedy culprits were primarily private nonprofits, ranging from large research universities like NYU and USC to small colleges which weren’t even in the master’s game at the dawn of Grad PLUS.—
Ryan Craig,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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The culprits: Straight While Maliens, a race of extraterrestrial incels depicted as rectangular creatures with expressive faces.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
8 July 2025
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The 34-year-old man and his 25-year-old girlfriend, both Oakland residents, were charged with being felons in possession of firearms, possessing a machine gun, and possessing property that was stolen from the U.S. Coast Guard in Oakland, court records show.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
4 July 2025
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They're treated like a hostile force – no crowd-control measures, no tear gas – just live fire with everything imaginable: heavy machine guns, grenade launchers, mortars.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 June 2025
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Indeed, their owner, from San Francisco, California, even caught the duo cuddling up on the sofa together, as Taco curled in the crook of the dog's legs.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 June 2025
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Scout your plants regularly, inspecting new growth, both the tops and bottoms of leaves, and in the crooks of stems.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
25 June 2025
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Wess Roley owned a shotgun and a long rifle, his grandfather said.—
Yahya Abou-Ghazala,
CNN Money,
30 June 2025
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On Monday, Norris said that a shotgun was found at the scene, but did not describe a second weapon.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
30 June 2025
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This graphic novel keeps the spirit of the Blues Brothers alive; mischievous recidivists, musical outlaws who above everything, care about the Blues.—
Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
12 June 2025
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Yet this seemingly entirely unnecessary act of recidivist safeguarding was how Tristan da Cunha came to be populated.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
23 May 2025
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“Repeater.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repeater. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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