as in redundant
marked by repetition
the repetitive lyrics of so many rock songs
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Recent Examples of repetitive
Tics are sudden, repetitive actions that people cannot control.
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Kelly Burch Published, Verywell Health, 26 June 2025
GitHub's Copilot reduces the tedium of writing boilerplate functions by autocompleting repetitive code patterns.
—Gabriel Snyder, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
True to form, the court dismissed his arguments as either repetitive or barred by procedural rules that the Legislature and the court have stacked in favor of the executioner.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 23 June 2025
Their days were spent learning dull, repetitive tasks.
—Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 21 June 2025
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Kelly Burch Published, Verywell Health, 26 June 2025
GitHub's Copilot reduces the tedium of writing boilerplate functions by autocompleting repetitive code patterns.
—Gabriel Snyder, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
True to form, the court dismissed his arguments as either repetitive or barred by procedural rules that the Legislature and the court have stacked in favor of the executioner.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 23 June 2025
Their days were spent learning dull, repetitive tasks.
—Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 21 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for repetitive
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Or will their introduction simply make swathes of manual workers redundant?—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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The expectation that second-time brides should pare down their look finally waned in the 1980s, and these stringent sartorial rules became redundant.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
30 June 2025
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Optimus is a humanoid, bipedal, general-purpose robot created by Tesla that can carry out activities that humans find tedious, repetitious, or hazardous.—
Chuck Brooks,
Forbes.com,
7 May 2025
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Instead of relying solely on expert intuition, brands should embrace a repetitious approach: launching multiple variations, analyzing the results and doubling down on what works.—
Alex Khassa,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Repetitive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repetitive. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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