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Sometimes repetition is necessary to drive a point home.
Children's songs involve lots of repetition.
I quit my job at the factory because I hated the mindless repetition.
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The door is covered in a Warhol-like repetition of Socrates faces; the blackboard is framed with more busts of Socrates.
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Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2025
The fundamental elements of African American music were the sounds of enslaved Africans; cries, hollers, call and response, additive rhythms, bent notes, hand-clapping, stomps and constant repetition of rhythmic and melodic phrasing (from which riffs and vamps were derived).
—Ronald E. Scott, New York Daily News, 1 Feb. 2025
Putin’s repetition of his claim that Zelenskyy is not Ukraine’s legitimate leader appear to stem in part from the martial law banning elections that Zelenskyy imposed after Russia’s full-scale invasion Feb. 24, 2022.
—Astha Rajvanshi, NBC News, 29 Jan. 2025
Early on, the piece is spare and a bit forbidding, with relentless repetitions of solitary figures.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
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Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2025
The fundamental elements of African American music were the sounds of enslaved Africans; cries, hollers, call and response, additive rhythms, bent notes, hand-clapping, stomps and constant repetition of rhythmic and melodic phrasing (from which riffs and vamps were derived).
—Ronald E. Scott, New York Daily News, 1 Feb. 2025
Putin’s repetition of his claim that Zelenskyy is not Ukraine’s legitimate leader appear to stem in part from the martial law banning elections that Zelenskyy imposed after Russia’s full-scale invasion Feb. 24, 2022.
—Astha Rajvanshi, NBC News, 29 Jan. 2025
Early on, the piece is spare and a bit forbidding, with relentless repetitions of solitary figures.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
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“Repetition.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/repetition. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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repetition
noun
rep·e·ti·tion
ˌrep-ə-ˈtish-ən 
1
a
: the act or an instance of repeating
b
: a motion or exercise (as a push-up) that is repeated and usually counted
2
: something repeated
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