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repetition

re puh ti shuhn

  • n  an event that repeats
  • n  the act of doing or performing again
  • n  the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device

  • There are no simple formulas, no global solutions and little repetition.
  • Hearing the same rumor repeatedly tends to increase belief in that rumor along a "diminishing-returns" type of curve: One repetition increases belief the most, a second repetition .
  • An Aug 1, 2002, memo by Assistant Attorney General Jay Bybee says the CIA had "indicated that these acts will not be used with substantial repetition, so that there is no .
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