repetitions

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 The story’s language is incantatory, with repetitions that echo the passing scenery. Anna Mebel, JSTOR Daily, 17 Sep. 2026 When 20 repetitions feel easy, switch to a band with greater resistance. Gretchen Reynolds, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2026 For someone specifically trying to build strength, Torres generally recommends three to five working sets of three to eight repetitions on major movements. Olivia Laborde, AJC.com, 14 Sep. 2026 Lock threw only three passes last season to set a weak foundation for getting no repetitions in practice the past week. Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2026 Preserving some manual, inefficient repetitions is sometimes a training cost that can’t and shouldn’t be removed. Fernando Fainzilber, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026 Not only do these dramatic repetitions yield diminishing returns, Hicks also seems to run out of ways to answer with any kind of surprising modulation. Siddhant Adlakha, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2026 That won't be easy with Cousins receiving the first-team repetitions as the Raiders go into regular-season mode. ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026 Yayoi Kusama, whose obsessive repetitions of dots and nets became a means of expressing infinity, leaving an indelible mark on contemporary art worldwide, died on August 14 of multiple organ failure at a hospital in Tokyo. Tessa Solomon For Artnews, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for repetitions
Noun
  • Clark’s logo application repeats alongside them and are applied by lasers as well.
    Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026
  • No items are repeats from years prior, such as the Uncrustable Crunch, Endzone Express appetizer box or the Breakfast Burger from 2025, or the Touchdown Toast from 2024.
    Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • In this case, Donohue would have asked the replay operator, employed by the company Hawk-Eye, to show him replays from side-on — in this case, the cameras level with the 18-yard line and the goal line.
    Graham Scott, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • These things work both ways, but the replays can lead to overthinking, and over analysis of real-time baseball plays.
    Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 6 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • In the lead-up to the last presidential election, academics and tech observers were concerned about the increasing potency of deepfakes, believing that synthetic images and replications of political figures would sow chaos on and offline.
    Max Tani, semafor.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Matthew McConaughey and Michael Caine recently inked a deal with AI audio company ElevenLabs to produce virtual replications of their famous voices.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 13 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Throughout different variations of this question in previous iterations of this poll, Stafford had only been mentioned once.
    Jeff Howe, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • At the end of the evening, head to the dedicated Martini Bar for one of its over 100 iterations.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026

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“Repetitions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repetitions. Accessed 20 Sep. 2026.

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