tautology
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The court, he said, reduced that to a tautology.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
On one level, this is a fairly ridiculous tautology.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2024
I just say “the novel”; which isn’t an answer, it’s a tautology — but a necessary one maybe.
From New York Times • Jan. 20, 2022
When Theon apologizes for betraying the Starks, Bran monotonously reassures him, “Everything you did brought you here,” a tautology tinged with mystical purpose.
From Slate • Apr. 29, 2019
That was a point; could not tautology exaggerate it?
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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