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repetition

[rep-i-tish-uhn] / ˌrɛp ɪˈtɪʃ ən /


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This isn’t a repetition of the Fed’s happy talk in 2021 that inflation was “transitory.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Ms. Clark stages smart, probing explorations of an upbringing marked by waiting and repetition, in which the notion of growth appears fictitious.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

The ruling was significant, it added, as "there is a risk of repetition".

From BBC • May 13, 2026

And while Andy, Miranda, Nigel and Emily are written and performed with as much profundity as they are in the first film, each of their arcs feels like a progression, rather than simple repetition.

From Salon • May 1, 2026

The repetition of “Santa Maria, Madre de Dios, ruega Señora por nosotros los pecadores ahora y en la horn de nuestra muerte, amen,” slowly comforted and soothed my soul.

From "The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child" by Francisco Jiménez




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