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déjà vu

[day-zhah voo, vyoo, day-zha vy] / ˌdeɪ ʒɑ ˈvu, ˈvju, deɪ ʒa ˈvü /
NOUN
already seen or experienced
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Marvell Technology officially plans to combine with Lumentum Holdings in a massive all-stock deal meant to target the optical-networking market — and one that’s giving some experts a feeling of déjà vu.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

The Guardian's Peter Bradshaw declared, external that Zendaya "saves this film" from "silliness and the generic déjà vu overfamiliarity that is always threatening to sink it".

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

The fact that the outbreak was on a cruise ship, one of the first places COVID-19 started to spread back in early 2020, is giving tons of people déjà vu.

From Salon ● May 11, 2026

If this feels like déjà vu for energy markets, that’s because it is.

From Barron's ● Mar. 9, 2026

There was a moment of déjà vu, because it was the exact same sort of pounding that came in the middle of the night when Scythe Faraday had died.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman


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