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as in to reiterate
to say or state again
I repeated the address over and over until I had it memorized
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as in repetition
the act of saying or doing over again
if we don't want a repeat of last year's disastrous celebration, we had better do some more planning
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as in persistent
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Examples of repeat in a Sentence
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Stephanie Murray, The Arizona Republic, 13 Oct. 2024
Results for items repeated from past polls are virtually unchanged.
—Gary Langer, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2024
Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 12 Oct. 2024
Texas was the only state to require repeat training for officers as of this year, 16 hours every two years, in a mandate that only came about after the Uvalde massacre.
—Lomi Kriel, ProPublica, 9 Oct. 2024
Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024
That’s because Hardman’s counterpart at CVS, Ben Dugan, had connected a group of repeat shoplifters at the chain to the pawnshop.
—Jeannette Neumann, Fortune, 20 Mar. 2024
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Arizona Republican Party chair Gina Swoboda repeated that message in her remarks before Trump took the stage.
—Stephanie Murray, The Arizona Republic, 13 Oct. 2024
Results for items repeated from past polls are virtually unchanged.
—Gary Langer, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2024
Noun
But there is reason to be concerned about a repeat after Friday's 32-29 win that took a 20-yard field goal in the final minute and a Wyatt Horton 'Hail Mary' pass that fell incomplete in the end to finally put that game away against 4-3 Phoenix Pinnacle.
—Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 12 Oct. 2024
Texas was the only state to require repeat training for officers as of this year, 16 hours every two years, in a mandate that only came about after the Uvalde massacre.
—Lomi Kriel, ProPublica, 9 Oct. 2024
Adjective
In a bid to impose heavier penalties on repeat criminal offenders, top Southern California law enforcement officials announced a new initiative Wednesday to target and try more suspects under federal guidelines.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024
That’s because Hardman’s counterpart at CVS, Ben Dugan, had connected a group of repeat shoplifters at the chain to the pawnshop.
—Jeannette Neumann, Fortune, 20 Mar. 2024
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“Repeat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repeat. Accessed 30 Oct. 2024.
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