Example Sentences

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And it has, in the course of that educational process, occurred to me that it does border on tautologous.

From New York Times • Jul. 23, 2021

“Royal regalia” is therefore tautologous, and “the regalia of a bishop” is contradictory.

From The Guardian • Jun. 5, 2017

As he argued, the term "comic novel" should be acknowledged as tautologous.

From The Guardian • Oct. 15, 2010

But the argument becomes tautologous: the way to get leadership is through leadership.

From Time Magazine Archive

The answer was as provokingly tautologous as a member of parliament’s speech, who is in aid of the whipper-in, speaking against time.

From Rattlin the Reefer by Marryat, Frederick