Examples of repetition in a Sentence
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 series’ ad nauseam repetition, its pat dialogue laying bare its themes and episode titles reaffirming those ideas, feel like a desperate, and ultimately failed, attempt to prove to us — or maybe to itself — that Imperfect Women actually has something enlightening to say.
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026
Go out, get reps, get repetitions.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2026
The real brand is built through consistency and repetition.
—Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2026
Kemp is well-grounded and has his eyes on bettering himself and getting to the next level through competitive repetitions and coaching.
—Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Mar. 2026
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026
Go out, get reps, get repetitions.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2026
The real brand is built through consistency and repetition.
—Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2026
Kemp is well-grounded and has his eyes on bettering himself and getting to the next level through competitive repetitions and coaching.
—Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Mar. 2026
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“Repetition.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/repetition. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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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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