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repetitiveness

noun

as in repetition

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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. — Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 15 Dec. 2025

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Noun

After about seven years of covering politics every day, the repetition of the photographs started to wear on her.

— Sarah Silbiger, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
The repetition of spotting weak arguments in a memo, interpreting ambiguous data, and anticipating stakeholder’s concerns, built judgment.

— Marlo Lyons, Harvard Business Review, 24 July 2026

Definition of repetition

Noun

Each reiteration and exaggeration of Mary’s bad behavior is another civic stroke of the chisel that perfects the monumental Lincoln in our collective imagination.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 May 2026
Still, politics are rarely articulated in #vintagelife, which, with its manic reiteration of past-tense norms, occupies a peculiar position in relation to mainstream culture.

— Olivia Kan-Sperling, Artforum, 2 May 2026

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