tautology

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Recent Examples of tautology That tautology, in the age of Trump, is now a matter of judicial precedent. Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 29 Apr. 2025 Saying ‘Hungary is for Hungarians’ or ‘America is for Americans’ is a tautology. Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025 The messianic claims of AI’s biggest stakeholders are tautologies: Generative AI will transform civilization; therefore, we must be empowered to steer it in the right direction. Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2025 Sadaf spouts a tautology — faith as faith — that also holds for patriotism. Armond White, National Review, 22 Jan. 2025 Yes, a win is a win, but tautologies aside, for the Niners, a win with Purdy playing like one of the finest quarterbacks in the NFL on Sunday would speak volumes. Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024 In this tautology, the act of spending is proof that the spending is justified. Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2024 The goal was to market something in every category, which led to the occasional tautology. Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 22 Aug. 2024 In other words, the industry is asking the world to engage in something like a trillion-dollar tautology: AI’s world-transformative potential justifies spending any amount of resources, because its evangelists will spend any amount to make AI transform the world. Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 29 July 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tautology
Noun
  • Generally speaking, contract manufacturers thrive on predictability and repetition; their systems are typically built around lean principles optimized for HVLM.
    Scott Graybeal, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
  • For global and local players alike, the message is clear: competing in China now means playing by a different rulebook — one that values connection over conversion, responsiveness over repetition, and trust over transaction.
    Li Jun, Footwear News, 28 June 2025
Noun
  • The Cubs manager has been around professional baseball for much of his life — the last 30-plus years as a player, manager or in a front office — and isn’t prone to hyperbole.
    Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 19 June 2025
  • Instead, political hyperbole became the university’s parting message to its students.
    Isabella Brannon, FOXNews.com, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • There’s redundancy with Flagg and Washington, forwards without many weaknesses in their games.
    Jay King, New York Times, 19 June 2025
  • Maybe the redundancy is intentional, since Bree rarely works and may have missed whatever few shifts she’s assigned while in rehab.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 19 June 2025

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“Tautology.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tautology. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.

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