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repeat

[ri-peet] / rɪˈpit /
NOUN
something done over; duplicate
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He is a repeat founder and has big goals for his startup.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

Salish doesn’t like to repeat outfits on videos, so she does need at least one new outfit a week.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

But he also doesn’t expect to see a repeat of such a day, given so many factors had fused together to drive Friday’s action.

From MarketWatch Jul. 31, 2026

“Kiki’s Delivery Service” has been telling us that since the very first time we saw it, and in new ways with each repeat viewing.

From Salon Jul. 30, 2026

Instead, I bake more banana chocolate chip muffins than Mom and I can eat, and I watch This Is Us on repeat.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

This week’s briefing document repeats such absurdities and manipulates the data to claim the drug doesn’t work.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

For the first 30 seconds, Charli simply repeats the phrase, "I don't wanna," over and over while a guitar chugs in the background.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

Humans are raised to accept such things are part of a cycle that repeats no matter what we do, and regardless of whether whatever we’re doing impacts that cycle.

From Salon Jul. 22, 2026

Hartnett repeats a view from last week’s Flow Show strategy note in which he picked consumer stocks as his preferred contrarian play to benefit from the peace dividend should the conflict with Iran conclusively end.

From MarketWatch Jun. 16, 2026

She repeats this process over and over, working until the cloth burns without charring, remaining bright and white within the flame.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

Their deaths became the emotional core of an extraordinary youth uprising that spilled onto the streets of Delhi in July, where thousands demanded accountability for repeated exam failures.

From BBC Aug. 2, 2026

She has undergone repeated physical examinations, comprehensive blood work, advanced imaging, toxicology screening and a blood transfusion, he said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 2, 2026

A theory’s credibility can increase simply because someone with greater institutional authority has repeated it.

From Salon Aug. 2, 2026

More than 450 samples were examined through repeated genomic testing.

From Science Daily Aug. 1, 2026

It was a sentiment he repeated to the other reporters who came to visit.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

“However, I realize that often I’m repeating past themes. I think of this as something that’s very unfortunate.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

More: The August stock-market slump is a myth — so why does Wall Street keep repeating it?

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 2026

The MIT team instead created a repeating set of three antennas with distinct shapes.

From Science Daily Jul. 22, 2026

The opening “Hit the Wall” begins with a gentle repeating synth pulse and spare piano chords, dropping us into the familiar world of Mr. Dessner’s productions.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

Then they took their leave, repeating their warnings to evacuate.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo




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