as in repetition
the act of saying or doing over again
your constant iteration of the same piddling complaints is wearing thin
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Recent Examples of iteration
In place of the real-life monument’s lineup of past United States presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln, the faux Caucasian-rapper iteration showed stone-like renderings of Eminem, Mac Miller, Paul Wall and Russ.
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Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 15 Apr. 2025
Without iteration, teams risk misalignment, poor adoption and limited flexibility.
—Goran Paun, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
As for the suites, one is named for Stendhal, a French writer who often frequented the property’s past iteration.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 11 Apr. 2025
Among them were the early iterations of the Corset Bag, designed in 1992 but not produced until decades later, revived in 2018 as part of Maison Alaïa’s Éditions series.
—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 11 Apr. 2025
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Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 15 Apr. 2025
Without iteration, teams risk misalignment, poor adoption and limited flexibility.
—Goran Paun, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
As for the suites, one is named for Stendhal, a French writer who often frequented the property’s past iteration.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 11 Apr. 2025
Among them were the early iterations of the Corset Bag, designed in 1992 but not produced until decades later, revived in 2018 as part of Maison Alaïa’s Éditions series.
—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 11 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for iteration
Noun
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One was a perfectionist who gave performances of stunning power that sometimes became smoothed out and even bland through repetition; the other was full of surprises—always discovering things, a sensibility always in the making.—
David Denby,
The Atlantic,
1 Apr. 2025
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Goode almost always worked in a series — for instance, making multiple sculptures of staircases whose orderly repetition of rectilinear treads and risers put a domestic tongue firmly in the industrial cheek of Minimalist art’s crisp geometry.—
Christopher Knight,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Clearly, Kyiv’s troops are determined to avoid a repeat of their defeat in Kursk.—
David Axe,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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Seoul, the capital of South Korea, made several repeat appearances.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Mar. 2025
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Real-Life Vince McMahon Confrontation Following the segment and the subsequent editing of digital replays, Tiffany Stratton addressed the controversial exchange while appearing on the Babyfaces podcast.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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The referee went to video replay and opted for the yellow.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Iteration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/iteration. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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