repetition
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Also, less spontaneous thinking is required to unlock a defence as solutions are set out by their manager and drilled through repetition over a season.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
The occasional repetition will be welcome to readers who are not scientists and so would benefit from having important messages reinforced.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
"She formulated a philosophy of art she dubbed 'self-obliteration' based on simple motifs of obsessive repetition and proliferation," according to her website.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
With a beveled chord progression and a haunting repetition of the name, it became perhaps her most requested song, and was covered by many, including the White Stripes, Candi Staton, Reba McEntire and Olivia Newton-John.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
Whatever the peculiarities of the first mini-tune, an audible sense of ‘rightness’ emerges through the repetition.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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"My traditions are Haitian and Caribbean. The images, the repetitions and the rhythms are the living word, they are my own," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
"We are talking about people who did not simply draw lines, but organized them according to recurring principles -- parallelisms, grids, rotations and systematic repetitions: a visual grammar in embryo."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
As it’s around 300 pages long, including innumerable repetitions, you may ask if the length and density is a bug or a feature.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 10, 2026
In one training session filmed for posterity, a preteen Brunson asked his dad how many repetitions he had to do.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026
“Five hundred repetitions once a week from thirteen to seventeen,” said Bernard wearily, as though to himself.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
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