repetition
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That could affect whether engagement in the future still depends on consistent repetition or novelty.
From Salon • May 8, 2026
Now we are four confused people bobbing up and down in this cauldron of unbearable repetition.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
"What they say about the ceasefire and its violation is a repetition of history," she said.
From Barron's • Apr. 9, 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
We walked stiffly in silence on those manicured streets, and it seemed a repetition of a moment from many years before, when an older boy named Clay had taken away my cap pistol.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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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