repeat performance
noun
: an occurrence in which something happens or is done again
Event planners hope to avoid a repeat performance of last year's problems.
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The holidays were happy for New York City last year and the city is expecting a repeat performance in 2024.
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Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 5 Dec. 2024
The crash was nearly a repeat performance of a Queens incident in which Lopez also tried to flee police, officials said.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 28 May 2024
But if Democrats wanted to gravitate towards someone from any of the seven presidential battlegrounds, the fact that the Harris-Walz ticket lost every one of them may prove to be a hindrance for a party incredibly eager to avoid a repeat performance in 2028.
—Aaron Navarro, CBS News, 20 Nov. 2024
Any thoughts of a Johnny Vander Meer repeat performance evaporated in the first inning.
—Andrew Baggarly, The Athletic, 7 Aug. 2024
There was a repeat performance in 2023 with the release of Ahsoka, based on yet another fan-favorite character.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
With Tampa Bay up, 9-3, in the fifth, Tyrone Taylor scored on a sacrifice fly and Francisco Lindor had a repeat performance of Thursday with a two-run double to bring the Mets to within three runs of tying.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 14 June 2024
After celebrating their official nuptials on May 4, the newlyweds did a repeat performance just days later with their colleagues at the hospital, which specializes in caring for children with disabilities or needing rehabilitation after illness or trauma.
—Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 16 May 2024
The veteran hurler turned in a repeat performance 12 days later.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2024
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Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 5 Dec. 2024
The crash was nearly a repeat performance of a Queens incident in which Lopez also tried to flee police, officials said.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 28 May 2024
But if Democrats wanted to gravitate towards someone from any of the seven presidential battlegrounds, the fact that the Harris-Walz ticket lost every one of them may prove to be a hindrance for a party incredibly eager to avoid a repeat performance in 2028.
—Aaron Navarro, CBS News, 20 Nov. 2024
Any thoughts of a Johnny Vander Meer repeat performance evaporated in the first inning.
—Andrew Baggarly, The Athletic, 7 Aug. 2024
There was a repeat performance in 2023 with the release of Ahsoka, based on yet another fan-favorite character.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
With Tampa Bay up, 9-3, in the fifth, Tyrone Taylor scored on a sacrifice fly and Francisco Lindor had a repeat performance of Thursday with a two-run double to bring the Mets to within three runs of tying.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 14 June 2024
After celebrating their official nuptials on May 4, the newlyweds did a repeat performance just days later with their colleagues at the hospital, which specializes in caring for children with disabilities or needing rehabilitation after illness or trauma.
—Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 16 May 2024
The veteran hurler turned in a repeat performance 12 days later.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2024
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“Repeat performance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/repeat%20performance. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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