repetition
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Hole by hole, she cut the pattern by hand, using a hair-thin steel wire and a technique that was almost monastic in its repetition.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
The second was dietary repetition, which tracked how often participants logged the same meals and snacks instead of regularly choosing new foods.
From Science Daily • Mar. 30, 2026
With repetition — touring, performing live — songs don’t necessarily become easier for her to emotionally perform, and nor are they ever by rote.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026
But Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei refuted those claims as "simply the repetition of 'big lies'".
From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026
A small portion of the meat I took above-stairs for Dr. Trefusis, who, notwithstanding his frequent repetition of tags regarding vacancy and doom, improved tremendously.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
Vocabulary lists containing repetition
Literary Devices & Figures of Speech - Introductory
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Poetry: Literary Devices
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AP English Lit exam terms
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