repetition
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Stankorb is worried that the constant social media repetition means the shock has “dulled over time,” putting the once unthinkable “in the realm of ‘normal.'”
From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026
"I want to be absolutely confident that we have all of the facts of the case and that we can take mitigating measures to ensure that there is no repetition of this."
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 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
In her new translation, Wilson said she’s allowing herself more lines, longer words and the repetition of phrases, which is the same approach she used in her 2023 translation of “The Iliad.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
She stood up a little straighter, but she had no time to gather her courage, because outside the thoom came again, lower now and with subtler tremors, and then again and again in rhythmic repetition.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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Mr. and Mrs. Chandler have done their own silent scrubbing of the texts and acknowledge “omitting unneeded repetitions and Soviet clichés.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 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
The countless repetitions give you the most beautiful art form where swans glide, fairies dance and every year a giant nutcracker appears.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 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
There are many saints, but they are not inexhaustible, so that we find repetitions in the first namings.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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