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iterative

[it-uh-rey-tiv, -er-uh-tiv] / ˈɪt əˌreɪ tɪv, -ər ə tɪv /


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This iterative optimization increases coherence and concentrates energy in the final reconstructed image.

From Science Daily • Jan. 10, 2026

The iterative nature of war in Ukraine also demands more ability to switch buying strategies as the tech evolves.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 16, 2025

The lean startup method is an “approach emphasizing rapid experimentation, iterative development, and data-driven decision making.”

From MarketWatch • Nov. 5, 2025

The pitch from them both amounted to arguing that they are assembling what they see as a careful set of thoughtful, workable, iterative steps forward on asylum policy.

From BBC • Sep. 2, 2025

The imitative and the iterative alike, that which adds nothing to the object and that which adds nothing to the experience of the beholder, though once pleasing, now fail to satisfy.

From The Enjoyment of Art by Noyes, Carleton Eldredge