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repetition

[rep-i-tish-uhn] / ˌrɛp ɪˈtɪʃ ən /


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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

"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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