adjective

• Done or occurring again several times in the same way.

  ‘there were repeated attempts to negotiate’

  More example sentences

  • ‘despite repeated requests, neither company gave a satisfactory answer’
  • ‘Kreuger made money from money, offering hefty dividends to attract investors to the repeated share offerings from his companies.’
  • ‘Both workers were employed by the Jorge Erazo Company, a subcontractor under investigation for repeated violations of safety rules.’
  • ‘Five dissident Iranian authors have been assassinated over the last two years following repeated death threats.’
  • ‘In Leeds hospitals alone 60-70,000 admissions are drink-related - a picture repeated across the region.’
  • ‘This evening of appetising dishes to tingle the tastebuds is to be repeated on Saturday, November 24.’
  • ‘Programmable shunts allow surgeons to adjust the settings on the shunt from outside the body, thereby decreasing the need for repeated surgeries.’
  • ‘Best of all is the chapters on money management, which are repeated almost verbatim for each game.’
  • ‘Many of the scenes are repeated in slow motion.’
  • ‘The discrepancies in the payment of pensions discussed earlier are repeated in the values of state pensions.’
  • ‘A short melody, usually in the bass, repeated continually with changing upper parts.’
  • ‘The benefit term is discounted by the probability of a repeated game q, showing the importance of frequent encounters.’
  • ‘Henri Josserand condemned Western governments for failing to respond to repeated appeals for urgent food aid to the famine-stricken country.’
  • ‘The chicken motif is repeated at several times in the film.’
  • ‘Meridian acupuncture treatments were repeated from two to four times a month.’
  • ‘Harper thanks the street gangs for the repeated attacks on his campaign for his soaring poll numbers.’
  • ‘In some centers, repeated bronchial biopsies are suggested to study the pathology.’
  • ‘The US scotched repeated attempts at the UN to establish a peacekeeping force on the ground in the Territories.’
  • ‘In addition, repeated simulations with the same set of parameter values were very consistent in their outcomes.’
  • ‘Results of repeated tests for C difficile toxin were negative.’
  • ‘Repeated watching of violent or traumatic events on the television should be avoided.’