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as in repetition
the use of too many words to express an idea
even though the phrase "free gift" is a redundancy, many retailers still use it to assure customers that an item is really free
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2
as in surplus
the state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or needed
there's a redundancy of high-priced restaurants in the area
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as in dismissal
chiefly British
the termination of the employment of an employee or a work force often temporarily
several dozen employees at the London office were lost to redundancy
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Recent Examples of redundancy
The same specter of redundancy haunts both Hamnet and Jay Kelly.
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Susie Goldsbrough, The Atlantic, 28 Dec. 2025
Jacobson says the system is not at risk and there are redundancies in place.
—Christa Swanson, CBS News, 21 Dec. 2025
In short order, McNamara became first among equals in Kennedy’s cabinet, winning plaudits for his use of systems analysis to make the Pentagon function more economically by reducing weapons redundancies among the services and better allocating resources.
—Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
Engineering principles, including redundancy, modularity and debugging, now apply to DNA.
—Ascend Agency, Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for redundancy
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This completes one repetition, or rep, of the movement.—
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In a media environment dominated by speed and repetition, images are now interpreted through existing symbolic frameworks before political meaning has time to settle.—
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As providers warn of layoffs and a system nearing collapse, the contrast between the agency's austerity measures and the state's multi-billion dollar surplus remains a central point of contention for advocates and legislators alike.—
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But in the years since, Sacramento has failed to act to address the massive debt incurred during the pandemic, despite having a $100 billion surplus in recent years.—
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Four Democratic-Farm-Labor Party lawmakers who chair state Senate education committees cited Minneapolis Public Schools canceling classes and extracurricular activities last week after federal agents reportedly clashed with students and staff during Roosevelt High School’s dismissal on Wednesday.—
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Prosecutors noted that after receiving the money, the defendants filed loan forgiveness applications containing further inaccuracies, which led to the dismissal of some debt.—
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The repetitiveness of the plot is not helped by the many montages writer-director Yandy Laurens uses as shortcuts, instead of writing scenes that show how the central relationship is developing.—
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The process could, in fact, help rectify that excess of grapes, causing supply to eventually even out with demand.—
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Unless the category could be brought under control, the excess threatened to self-propagate.—
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Tony Dungy, especially like Tony Dungy himself, to say that (expressing shock at John Harbaugh’s firing).—
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So the firings of Cleveland Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski and the Ravens’ Harbaugh have injected some juice into a Giants search that previously threatened to cast as wide and arbitrary a net as last year’s ridiculous Jets process.—
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This working prompt injection came only after much trial and error, explaining the verbosity and the detail in it.—
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The truth is, there is rarely a Merritt Wever or an Adrien Brody in awards speeches—extreme cases of brevity or verbosity that stun both those in the room and at home.—
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The district said the decision was made out of an abundance of caution.—
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Making use of multiple methods, Nailiang pointed out that LUWA is expected to resolve the abundance and origin of lunar water ice.—
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“Redundancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/redundancy. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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