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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Relationships need repetition and structure to grow.—Serena Dai, The Atlantic, 12 Jan. 2025 Rather, these freelancing skills are developed through repetition and practice, and through learning from and watching the habits of other freelancers who've made it to the pinnacles of their careers.—Rachel Wells, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025 Causes of Friction Blisters Friction blisters on the feet are caused by three elements: the motion of bone, high friction force, and the repetition of shear stress, which is when a force causes the deformation of an object by creating slippage along a flat surface that is parallel to the force.—Laura Schober, Health, 27 Dec. 2024 But whatever point Hwang may be trying to make about the value of optimism over nihilism (or vice versa) is crushed under the weight of unnecessary and unresolved repetition.—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 26 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for repetition
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Etymology
Middle English repeticion, from Middle French, from Latin repetition-, repetitio, from repetere to repeat
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