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Examples of again and again in a Sentence
as she's gotten older, Grandma has tended to ask the same things again and again
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Coastal Florida, for example, battered again and again by hurricanes, can’t wait to rebuild each time, just as close to the water as before.
—Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2025
Knox spent four years in prison, heading to court again and again to clear her name.
—Kc Baker, People.com, 23 Jan. 2025
The streamer has spent years striving for the Best Picture title, only to narrowly miss out again and again.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2025
Mayor Eric Adams has said it again and again: The federal corruption charges brought against him last year were payback for his criticism of President Biden’s handling of the migrant crisis.
—William K. Rashbaum, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
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First Known Use
1533, in the meaning defined above
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“Again and again.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/again%20and%20again. Accessed 5 Feb. 2025.
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