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Recent Examples of tautological
Is there another tautological issue there?
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Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 14 July 2021
This might seem tautological, but there’s a point.
—Jake Bittle, The New Republic, 26 Mar. 2021
Entitlement, too, is tautological.
—Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2020
You folks read astronomy stuff (that's tautological), so there must be tons of people reading this who would know.
—Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 5 Apr. 2012
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Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 14 July 2021
This might seem tautological, but there’s a point.
—Jake Bittle, The New Republic, 26 Mar. 2021
Entitlement, too, is tautological.
—Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2020
You folks read astronomy stuff (that's tautological), so there must be tons of people reading this who would know.
—Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 5 Apr. 2012
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“Tautological.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tautological. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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