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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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3
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 corporation has already slashed 2,000 roles over the past five years and recently completed a voluntary redundancy program.
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 31 Mar. 2025
By the time the second season of the Netflix series aired in 2021, many fans — myself included — grew fatigued with the same story, transparently steered by family patriarch Abraham Quintanilla and belabored to the point of redundancy.
—Suzy Exposito, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Critics argue that a global supply chain provides redundancy, but the United States’ overdependence on foreign sources exposes it to geopolitical tensions and trade restrictions.
—Eric Axel, Boston Herald, 22 Mar. 2025
There’s inherently a lot of redundancy in reporting, because many outlets cover the same momentous happenings, and seek to do so from multiple angles.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2025
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 31 Mar. 2025
By the time the second season of the Netflix series aired in 2021, many fans — myself included — grew fatigued with the same story, transparently steered by family patriarch Abraham Quintanilla and belabored to the point of redundancy.
—Suzy Exposito, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Critics argue that a global supply chain provides redundancy, but the United States’ overdependence on foreign sources exposes it to geopolitical tensions and trade restrictions.
—Eric Axel, Boston Herald, 22 Mar. 2025
There’s inherently a lot of redundancy in reporting, because many outlets cover the same momentous happenings, and seek to do so from multiple angles.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for redundancy
Noun
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People who completed the 10 repetitions for each exercise easily for two consecutive sessions moved up to a harder version of the exercise.—
Kristen Fischer,
Health,
17 Apr. 2025
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User Experience: Slow responses, poor formatting, unnecessary repetition 4.—
Ambika Saklani Bhardwaj,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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The surplus with the U.S. ballooned to 9 trillion yen ($63 billion).—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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Managing surplus energy for local businesses and municipalities In most data centers, servers are air-cooled.—
Erik Kobayashi-Solomon,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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For years, Chicago Public School officials would send dozens of names of problematic employees to monthly board meetings for their dismissals to be signed off on.—
Nell Salzman,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Apr. 2025
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The order included full pardons of those already sentenced, commutations of sentences of 14 Proud Boys and Oath Keepers and the dismissal of all pending cases.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
18 Apr. 2025
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In particular, smoking, vaping, drinking alcohol, skipping sleep, using recreational drugs (like marijuana), and downing a ton of sugar may all contribute to an excess of those free-wheeling free radicals and impair your body’s ability to defend against them.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
18 Apr. 2025
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Many retailers have likely rushed their orders to get ahead of these levies, which can lead to an excess of inventory and a need to liquidate for cash.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
16 Apr. 2025
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Jacobs said Republican colleagues have shared concerns privately with her about what Trump is doing and pointed out that this week, a Nebraska congressman became the first Republican lawmaker to publicly call for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s firing.—
Kristen Taketa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Apr. 2025
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The latest firings comes as dozens of courts around the country are already facing vacancies after the Trump administration laid off or received resignations from over 100 court staff, including over two dozen judges.—
Ximena Bustillo,
NPR,
22 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Coogler can let his characters’ verbosity get the better of story momentum.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Apr. 2025
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Still, the challenge lies in managing the explosive verbosity that modern tools enable effortlessly.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
Noun
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There is also an abundance of in-person events, both regionally and nationally.—
Kody Boye,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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Psychologists have long studied the difference between scarcity and abundance mindsets.—
Stephanie Gravalese,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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President Wants ‘Fair Deals’ With Other Countries—But Unlikely Before Midnight Deadline Google’s Android Update—Bad News For Samsung And Pixel Users How does diffusion work?—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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In February, John Smedley launched a diffusion line, JS by John Smedley, which is sold exclusively at John Lewis, that retails for $56 to $239, below the average of $305 in its core line.—
Hikmat Mohammed,
Footwear News,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Redundancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/redundancy. Accessed 27 Apr. 2025.
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