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time after time

Idioms  

  1. Also, time and again; time and time again. Repeatedly, again and again, as in Time after time he was warned about the river rising, or We've been told time and time again that property taxes will go up next year. The first idiom dates from the first half of the 1600s, the variants from the first half of the 1800s.

Example Sentences

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Instead, leaders like Dodik get elected, time after time.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2025

But time after time, we reinvent it too.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2025

"We ran the analysis time after time, and it gave our original result, that the little Bristol reptile is indeed the world's oldest modern-type lizard."

From Science Daily • Nov. 26, 2024

And Edwards made them pay, time after time.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 7, 2024

Anya could see her swallowing hard, time after time after time.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack

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