again and again

adverb

: at frequent intervals : often, repeatedly

Examples of again and again in a Sentence

as she's gotten older, Grandma has tended to ask the same things again and again
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The client knows that and will come back again and again. Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 29 May 2025 While your exit strategy should be personal, certain value drivers show up again and again. Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025 In this way, the rally comes with a whole string of asterisks Markets have been whipsawed again and again in 2025 as the White House pivoted, then pivoted again, repositioning global trade policy in posts and offhand comments. Catherine Baab, Quartz, 27 May 2025 In conversations with executives across the sector, one theme surfaced again and again: uncertainty. Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for again and again

Word History

First Known Use

1533, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of again and again was in 1533

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“Again and again.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/again%20and%20again. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.

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