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as in reiterating
to say or state again
I repeated the address over and over until I had it memorized
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as in reciting
to give from memory
repeated correctly all the verses she had memorized
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as in replicating
to make or do again
try not to repeat your mistakes
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Recent Examples of repeating
Using virtual reality gear, the teleoperator trains Atlas to do a specific task, repeating it multiple times until the robot succeeds.
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Will Croxton, CBS News, 5 Jan. 2026
Order of the Chinese Zodiac The Chinese Zodiac is represented by a repeating 12-year cycle of animal signs and their attributes, based on the lunar calendar.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 2 Jan. 2026
Now, two decades later, the cycle appears to be repeating.
—Israel Melendez Ayala, Time, 10 Nov. 2025
This included repeating racist comments in 2019, insinuating a claim that Blacks are less intelligent than Whites due to genetics.
—Christina Zdanowicz, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
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Will Croxton, CBS News, 5 Jan. 2026
Order of the Chinese Zodiac The Chinese Zodiac is represented by a repeating 12-year cycle of animal signs and their attributes, based on the lunar calendar.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 2 Jan. 2026
Now, two decades later, the cycle appears to be repeating.
—Israel Melendez Ayala, Time, 10 Nov. 2025
This included repeating racist comments in 2019, insinuating a claim that Blacks are less intelligent than Whites due to genetics.
—Christina Zdanowicz, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for repeating
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The Department of Homeland Security sent a response only reiterating its version of events, insisting officers did not arrest or target the child.—
Heather Hollingsworth,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2026
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In February 2025, West returned to X and posted a series of comments that were homophobic, racist, misogynistic, and ableist, reiterating his pro-Nazi remarks.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
26 Jan. 2026
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In a pre-recorded video released in November 2021, Blue Ivy (then age 9) joined mom Beyoncé and other celebrities in reciting some of her rapper dad's famous lyrics in honor of his Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
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The footage depicts Hemsworth's thunder god reciting an ominous prayer before the battle begins.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Dec. 2025
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The somber crowd created a memorial and demanded ICE leave Minnesota, echoing the outrage that followed George Floyd’s death.—
Jack Brook,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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The message echoing through the halls of Davos this year was that businesses and governments should no longer be putting plans in place to navigate periods of temporary disruption.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Yet a clear contrast emerged over how close current models are to replicating human intelligence and what the likely near-term economic impacts of the technology will be.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
23 Jan. 2026
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This development isn’t entirely surprising because, while Mancini’s preseason play was flashy, the odds of him replicating that dynamic offensive success were slim against stiffer NHL regular-season competition, and, more importantly, the two-way details of his game were still a work in progress.—
Harman Dayal,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2026
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The tradition involves eating a grape on every clock gong before midnight—so yes, that means eating one grape every second when the clock starts chiming.—
Fiona Ward,
Glamour,
31 Dec. 2025
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His clock chiming four times was evidence of that.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
12 Nov. 2025
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But human creativity extends beyond memorizing knowledge and regurgitating it in different formats.—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
14 Jan. 2026
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But when more potholes open up after a soaking, there’s a painful — and at times expensive — learning curve for memorizing all the new locations, Shin said.—
Alex Wigglesworth,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Jan. 2026
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The essays have kept pace year after year, quoting the same people over and over, even as nothing of note occurred.—
Eve Fairbanks,
The Dial,
27 Jan. 2026
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The Bible-quoting videos that ICE is using to recruit agents have a certain logic behind them.—
Peter Wehner,
The Atlantic,
21 Jan. 2026
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State spending has continued to rise since Covid, renewing the need for revenue.—
Robert Frank,
CNBC,
30 Jan. 2026
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Things took a turn for the worse two years ago when a door plug blew off an Alaska Air 737 Max shortly after take-off, renewing questions about the safety of its manufacturing and put federal restrictions on the pace of production.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Repeating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repeating. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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