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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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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
There's also a wide range of upgrades that will make the vehicle more reliable, adding redundancy and the ability to operate for longer durations in space.
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Mike Wall, Space.com, 31 Dec. 2024
She was let go the day before redundancies were announced, while Gill’s own £1m-per-year deal has also been cut.
—Adam Crafton, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
Leaders are embracing multi-cloud not just for redundancy but also to reduce dependence on a single provider, hedge against cost changes and improve data locality for compliance.
—Vaibhav Gujral, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
This means finding ways to do more with less time, effort and resources while eliminating redundancies.
—Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 13 Dec. 2024
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Mike Wall, Space.com, 31 Dec. 2024
She was let go the day before redundancies were announced, while Gill’s own £1m-per-year deal has also been cut.
—Adam Crafton, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
Leaders are embracing multi-cloud not just for redundancy but also to reduce dependence on a single provider, hedge against cost changes and improve data locality for compliance.
—Vaibhav Gujral, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
This means finding ways to do more with less time, effort and resources while eliminating redundancies.
—Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 13 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for redundancy
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Typically, Pilates exercises are performed in a sequence of three to five repetitions to build strength and improve flexibility.—
Sarah Jividen,
Verywell Health,
21 Jan. 2025
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As Sabalenka found out in 2022, razing a service motion built up through a lifetime of repetitions is one of the most vulnerable things a tennis player can do.—
Matthew Futterman,
The Athletic,
12 Jan. 2025
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Here is the reality of the Hogan surplus and the handoff to the Moore administration: Hogan left Moore $2.5 billion in the rainy day fund.—
Kevin Igoe,
Baltimore Sun,
27 Jan. 2025
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Los Angeles would have to clear a 40-man spot for Yates, which means the Dodgers could look to move from that relief surplus.—
Fabian Ardaya,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
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The Saints went on a seven-game losing streak after that hot start which led to the eventual dismissal of Saints head coach Dennis Allen.—
Michael-Shawn Dugar,
The Athletic,
27 Jan. 2025
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Spared in this round of dismissals, however, was Michael Horowitz, the longtime Justice Department inspector general who has issued reports on assorted politically explosive criminal investigations over the last decade.—
Zeke Miller,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Jan. 2025
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The Magnificent Seven companies reporting in the week ahead could unlock the next leg of the rally, as investors bet that earnings growth fueled by artificial intelligence could power a market some worry has gone to excess.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
24 Jan. 2025
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The timing makes sense: After a holiday season filled with cocktail parties and not-so-healthy meals, the idea of cleansing the body of excess seems attractive.—
Vicky Vera,
Glamour,
24 Jan. 2025
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Ivanov's arrest and firing came at a similar time to the detention and dismissal of other senior military officials, including the former deputy chief of the Russian general staff, Lieutenant General Vadim Shamarin.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025
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Davis consulted Brady prior to making those firings.—
Vic Tafur,
The Athletic,
16 Jan. 2025
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Anyway, political verbosity, as measured by State of the Union addresses, has risen during the twenty-first century.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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When that’s chucked in a blender with his own penchant for spiky-savvy verbosity, the results fizz and pop.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
10 Nov. 2024
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With its close proximity to the Russian mainland (400 miles), its abundance of natural resources, and its strategic location at the gateway to the North Atlantic, the set of Islands were critical to Moscow’s economic and defense interests.—
James Patton Rogers & Caroline Kennedy Pipe / Made by History ,
TIME,
23 Jan. 2025
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Hubble observations of the galaxy’s age, mass of stars and heavy-element abundance would help researchers test competing models of galaxy evolution that predict distinct signatures across the two halves of the disk.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
23 Jan. 2025
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The essential oil’s diffusion is extremely powerful, a quality that many consumers are now seeking in perfume, a consequence of TikTok’s #beastmode fragrance trend.—
Sable Yong,
Allure,
17 Jan. 2025
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The researchers use their device to demonstrate a number of standard tasks for a neural network, such as classifying the shape of optical waveforms, predicting the next value in a time series given the previous values and generating images by diffusion.—
The Physics arXiv Blog,
Discover Magazine,
16 Jan. 2025
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“Redundancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/redundancy. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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