repetition
Example Sentences
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This repetition suggests that there are deep constraints guiding how humans organize language.
From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026
"I wanted the repetition to mirror those cyclical thoughts - a spiral or a fixation on one specific feeling," she says.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026
As he is being reminded, people won’t risk a repetition of these misadventures.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
It’s a game of repetition and if you do it over and over, you expect it to be done perfectly.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026
Some of the littluns started a ring on their own; and the complementary circles went round and round as though repetition would achieve safety of itself.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
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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