repetitive
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Alex describes moving around from place to place as "tiring" and "repetitive".
From BBC • May 13, 2026
It’s comfortable in my hand, sharp and precise without feeling fussy, and it turns the quiet, repetitive work of cooking — chopping onions, coring fruit, slicing protein — into something smoother, even a little satisfying.
From Salon • Apr. 21, 2026
I called it “wonky step” at the time because it was just really wonky and repetitive.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026
It was tedious, repetitive work on assembly lines, hundreds of women around me.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
One Harvard computer, Annie Jump Cannon, used her repetitive acquaintance with the stars to devise a system of stellar classifications so practical that it is still in use today.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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