Thesaurus results for REPETITIONS

repetitions

noun

plural of repetition

as in repeats

the act of saying or doing over again the repetition of the honor society's oath at the initiation ceremonies got old really quickly

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Recent Examples of repetitions Fourth-round pick Gracen Halton also took some first-team repetitions at defensive tackle. — Matt Barrows, New York Times, 26 July 2026 Practice these a couple of times per week, and work your way up from there—whether that’s increasing your repetitions, weight, workout duration, or joining a gym. — Nick Blackmer, Verywell Health, 23 July 2026 Aim for 10 repetitions, up to three sets a day, according to Advanced Disc Replacement. — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026 Start with two or three movements and focus on good form before adding more repetitions or trying harder variations. — Jenessa Connor, Health, 21 July 2026 Exercise physiologist Rachelle Acitelli Reed says this translates to something that’s very, very hard to do four to six repetitions with. — Jennifer Heimlich, Time, 6 July 2026 Allow both arms to extend back out and continue this pattern for 12 repetitions, two sets. — Matt Parrott, Arkansas Online, 28 June 2026 Aim for three sets of the exercise and keep the repetitions low, around three to five. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 22 June 2026 Perform five repetitions in both directions for each movement. — Dana Santas, CNN Money, 22 June 2026

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Shops like The Blue Giraffe provide off-sand entertainment, and a selection of restaurants, from the resort’s celebrated Fish Out of Water to casual off-site spot The Wine Bar, promise days of fresh, vacation-perfect meals without repeats.

— Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 10 July 2026
Venture capital is one of the more interesting environments because the work is messy, contextual and full of handoffs, while much of the surrounding process repeats from deal to deal.

— Oleg Malii, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

Definition of repeats

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Even after watching replays, the ref stuck with his original call that Mbappe had initiated the contact, which was palpable nonsense.

— Graham Scott, New York Times, 22 July 2026
Outside, the celebratory scene replays, almost bittersweet, as the voice of director Wash Westmoreland commands the cameras and his ensemble, now thoroughly in young adulthood, from an invisible space across the room.

— Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 2026

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Even coffee shops — and the island seems to have nearly as many of them as deer — have gotten into the mix with dairy-free iterations of cookies and pastries.

— Andy Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 25 July 2026
The unexpected enthusiasm for Moonshot’s Kimi K3 model stems from its ability to match – and in some cases outperform – its most advanced US competitors, such as the latest iterations of OpenAI’s GPT and Anthropic’s Claude, for free.

— John Liu, CNN Money, 24 July 2026

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