repeater

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Recent Examples of repeater There were floaters who could not recall the false name under which they were supposed to vote and repeaters who changed their clothes between visits. Sasha Issenberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Sep. 2024 Measuring 30mm x 33mm in yellow gold, its case was broken by a discrete slider on its left flank that triggered the repeater function, while its movement was built by European Watch & Clock Company. Oren Hartov, Robb Report, 15 July 2024 The drones could even help with radio communication, acting as repeaters that would boost signals in the steep and remote areas rescuers often find themselves in. Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 9 July 2024 After months of investigations, officials raided three properties, finding evidence such as antennas, internet repeater equipment and connections, which were handed over to the prosecutor's office. Karol Suárez, USA TODAY, 5 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for repeater 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for repeater
Noun
  • This futuristic-looking, semiautomatic pistol calibre carbine required no regulated components and was fully DIY.
    Rajan Basra, WIRED, 5 July 2024
  • Winchester chambering was added in 1966 and the carbine model in ’67.
    Dave Hurteau, Field & Stream, 4 July 2024
Noun
  • Its undeniably a humanitarian crisis and a very real security threat because of drug cartels, criminals and terrorists crossing the border.
    Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Orange County Register, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The Jordanians will soar like eagles to hunt you down, one criminal after another.
    Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The volunteer accomplices included Bugsy Siegel’s publicist, mobster Meyer Lansky, Pee-wee Herman’s dad Milton Rubenfeld, and Frank Sinatra. Many of the rifles and other arms came from Czechoslovakia, and were used by the Nazis.
    Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 19 Nov. 2024
  • Twelve rifles and pistols were recovered at his home when he was arrested Nov. 7 and police seized more than 15,000 bullets of various calibers, including the armor-piercing rounds.
    Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Sitting around: The other culprit is letting that topping sit around for too long after baking but before serving, as the steam emanating from the casserole will kill that crunch.
    Jill Schildhouse, Southern Living, 5 Nov. 2024
  • In each, the real culprit causing the leading lady to turn into Manjulika, the unhinged spirit of a royal dancer, was eventually identified as dissociative identity disorder.
    Anupama Chopra, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Jaquez Myrick, 25, was arrested and charged with possession of a machine gun, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, or ALEA, said in a statement.
    Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 10 Nov. 2024
  • The charges include conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire, committing murder-for-hire involving a death, and use of a machine gun in a violent crime resulting in death.
    Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 25 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Cyber crooks make good money by targeting checking accounts and bank accounts.
    Susan Tompor, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024
  • In their native home in Brazil, Christmas cacti grow as epiphytes in the crooks of tree branches.1 For successful growth indoors, choose a well-draining potting soil containing perlite and a container with good drainage holes.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • On back-to-back plays, though, Jordan Love fumbled shotgun snaps.
    Rob Reischel, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Here's a look at life in prison for the notorious brothers and three paths to potential freedom: The case Lyle Menendez, then 21, and Erik Menendez, then 18, admitted to buying shotguns and firing 16 rounds at Jose and Kitty Menendez inside the family's Beverly Hills home in 1989.
    Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 31 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Time after time after time, Post was released on bail before June 9 because our bail system fails to address recidivists.
    Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 15 June 2024
  • The attack comes less than four months after another recidivist criminal was accused of stabbing two teen sisters visiting New York from Paraguay at Grand Central on Christmas morning.
    John Annese, New York Daily News, 14 Apr. 2024

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“Repeater.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repeater. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.

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