repeater

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Recent Examples of repeater This cancellation is good enough for many key applications of interest, such as the Wi-Fi repeater described earlier. IEEE Spectrum, 4 Mar. 2021 The Calibre 953, which includes seven patented functions, is merely the latest in a long line of chiming watches stretching back to 1870, when the maison completed its first minute repeater. Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 1 Apr. 2025 At the top of the series, the Minute Repeater Tourbillon Concept comes in a red gold case and combines both complications, minute repeater and flying tourbillon, on a dial adorned with hand-lacquered and gemstone surfaces. Matthew Catellier, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025 So while users might get some reception between rooms or through transparent windows, operators will typically need to install repeaters or wireless access points to bring signals indoors. Theodore S. Rappaport, IEEE Spectrum, 28 Aug. 2014 See All Example Sentences for repeater
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Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • Or even those Californians, such as many in San Francisco and Los Angeles, who are just fed up with the perception that California is soft on criminals.
    Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2025
  • The Forgotten Gender Nonconformists of the Old West Livia Gershon April 27, 2018 In the Old West, cross-dressing was sometimes a disguise for criminals on the lam.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • At a June 3 news conference announcing the charges, Luna said the Baldwin Police Department received a report at about 7:12 p.m. local time of a man armed with a rifle who had opened fire on the 4200 block of Filhurst Avenue.
    Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 4 June 2025
  • The man said he was armed with an AK-47 rifle and three magazines, a handgun and one pound of C-4 explosives strapped to his chest.
    Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 4 June 2025
Noun
  • Vehicles were the main culprit, as was the area’s geography and climate.
    Francine Kiefer, Christian Science Monitor, 2 June 2025
  • However, Milch says eagle-eyed viewers may have been able to suss out that Nicky was the culprit much earlier in the season based solely on Banks’ movements.
    Emlyn Travis Published, EW.com, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • Weapons experts said the rate of gunfire heard in the footage, as well as images of bullets retrieved from victims, were consistent with machine guns used by the Israeli military that can be mounted on tanks.
    Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 4 June 2025
  • This conflict, ensnared in trench warfare, is reminiscent of the battlefields of Europe in World War I, where the machine gun and tank notably became revolutions in military affairs; the small drone is this generation’s change to modern warfare.
    Bill Edwards, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
Noun
  • Startling video of the attack obtained by the Daily News shows one of the crooks turning back, after rifling through the cop’s pockets as the victim lay helplessly on the ground, and stomping on his head.
    Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 28 May 2025
  • This generation of cyber crooks buys and mines leaked records from last year’s 1.35 billion breach notices — everything from our email and phone numbers to recent purchases — to pre-fill their scripts.
    Jennifer Jolly, USA Today, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • Short-barrel firearms include rifles with barrels shorter than 16 inches and shotguns with barrels less than 18 inches, according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
    Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025
  • That allows the driver and passenger riding shotgun to hear the rear of the car clearly, according to The Drive.
    Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 28 May 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Listen to this article A recidivist New York City thief with more than 100 arrests on his rap sheet, who was involved in nine shoplifting cases from February through April, according to cops, was cuffed again Thursday at a Greenwich Village subway station, the Daily News has learned.
    Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 6 Apr. 2025

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“Repeater.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repeater. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.

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