repetition
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Hole by hole, she cut the pattern by hand, using a hair-thin steel wire and a technique that was almost monastic in its repetition.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
This repetition suggests that there are deep constraints guiding how humans organize language.
From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026
It’s a game of repetition and if you do it over and over, you expect it to be done perfectly.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026
They found high repetition of the signs and predictability in the subsequent symbols that is "comparable to much later proto-cuneiform," according to Bentz.
From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026
I finished typing them before even the first newsboy arrived, eager to lose myself in the repetition of punching down key after key.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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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