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Recent Examples of repetitiveness
The repetitiveness of the plot is not helped by the many montages writer-director Yandy Laurens uses as shortcuts, instead of writing scenes that show how the central relationship is developing.
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Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 15 Dec. 2025
Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 15 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for repetitiveness
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But like so much else of what The Boys has been doing in its fifth and final season, the repetition of this series trope feels less like a callback than a fallback.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
29 Apr. 2026
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After three verse-chorus repetitions, the quartet stop the song cold and set off in a new direction, churning out pure noise even as drummer Steve Shelley keeps everyone anchored.—
Stephen M. Deusner,
Pitchfork,
27 Apr. 2026
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The 27-year-old Bahamian responded with a reiteration of his comments.—
Benjamin Royer,
Oc Register,
15 Apr. 2026
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Anyone who watched The Handmaid’s Tale — and I’d wager that’s nearly everyone here — knows this, which is what makes its reiteration in the prologue to The Testaments so menacing.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Repetitiveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repetitiveness. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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