as in redundant
marked by repetition
the repetitive lyrics of so many rock songs
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This forestalling of what feel like inevitable and even necessary fractures can be frustrating and repetitive.
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Linda Holmes, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
There was also the seemingly endless (and visually repetitive) drive from the party beaches of Playa del Carmen to the dreamy swath of blues in Bacalar and Mahahual.
—Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 7 Jan. 2025
This promises to be much cheaper than gathering data as it is done today such as putting cars on the road to gather video or having humans teach robots repetitive tasks.
—Sarah Parvini, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Jan. 2025
On a practical level, the cases generally start off as perfunctory and repetitive — some drug overdoses, some maladies impacting the unhoused community and lots of workplace injuries.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Jan. 2025
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Linda Holmes, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
There was also the seemingly endless (and visually repetitive) drive from the party beaches of Playa del Carmen to the dreamy swath of blues in Bacalar and Mahahual.
—Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 7 Jan. 2025
This promises to be much cheaper than gathering data as it is done today such as putting cars on the road to gather video or having humans teach robots repetitive tasks.
—Sarah Parvini, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Jan. 2025
On a practical level, the cases generally start off as perfunctory and repetitive — some drug overdoses, some maladies impacting the unhoused community and lots of workplace injuries.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Jan. 2025
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“Repetitive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repetitive. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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