repeater

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Recent Examples of repeater But after ducking the tax — the first step toward eventually resetting their heavy repeater penalties — the Celtics surely won’t want to jump right back into it. Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 6 Feb. 2026 Avoiding paying the tax for this season delays when the Magic could get hit with the repeater tax, which applies to teams that have been above the league’s tax line for at least three of the previous four seasons. Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Feb. 2026 Heat president Pat Riley said in May that Miami wanted to get out of the tax this season, after paying a tax the previous season, in order to avoid the repeater tax, which comes with much more severe financial penalties. Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2026 Raymond Ratzel, 43, is charged with nine counts of burglary of a building or dwelling, all as a habitual criminality repeater. Adrienne Davis, jsonline.com, 29 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for repeater
Recent Examples of Synonyms for repeater
Noun
  • Court records show Abugharbieh entered into a diversion program for first-time offenders charged with misdemeanors.
    Holly Ramer, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Per the alert, surveillance footage showed that in each of the incidents, one offender gained access by breaking into several vehicle windows and then proceeding to remove valuable items inside the cars.
    Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Klymenko, who wore body armor, said the man was carrying a carbine.
    ABC News, ABC News, 18 Apr. 2026
  • Fresh off a surprise cosign from Aespa member Giselle, zayok is one of the leaders of an amorphous digital scene that includes gunk and sydney runner, whose music iterates on carbine-y wonkiness to form a new kind of balladry halfway between SoundCloud IDM, rap, and voice memo.
    Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 13 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Many of the toughest criminals taken into ICE custody were already in prison, but many others who were arrested have no criminal history.
    ABC News, ABC News, 25 Apr. 2026
  • In the furthest part of space lies Dante 01, a detention facility that houses criminals who have committed the most shocking crimes imaginable.
    Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 25 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • One young man, his shirt off and loosely draped around his neck along with a Santa Muerte necklace, sports tattoos of a Kalashnikov rifle and a flaming skull, regarding the camera with bedroom eyes.
    Chris Wiley, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2026
  • An officer at the scene saw a black rifle, and live and spent rifle and pistol ammunition, the affidavit said.
    Nick Lentz, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • If your car is equipped with front radar or driver‑assist features, dirt on the sensor or slight misalignment from a parking‑lot bump could also be the culprit.
    Hartford Courant, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Adding teeth whitening toothpaste to your daily brushing routine is an excellent way to address discoloration caused by popular culprits such as coffee, wine and smoking.
    BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • While taking fire in thigh-deep snow, Chapman cleared an enemy bunker before charging a second one with a machine gun.
    Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Tybee Island’s controversial Orange Crush weekend ended with 26 arrests and five firearms seized, including one weapon police say had been converted into a makeshift machine gun capable of fully automatic fire.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The other crooks don’t have names worth learning, but the actors playing them, Shaun Mason and Nabil Elouahabi, do have memorable faces.
    Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
  • But the single-take fight scene that follows, as Lindsay, Ashley, and Austin fend off the chairwoman’s crooks, benefits from the roving camera.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Cole Tomas Allen, 31, bought a Maverick 12-gauge pump-action shotgun from Turner’s Outdoorsman in Torrance in August 2025 and an Armscor semi-automatic pistol from CAP Tactical Firearms in Lawndale in October 2023, the profile shows.
    Myles Miller, Bloomberg, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Police said the suspect had a shotgun, a handgun and knives, and stormed the lobby, running past security barricades as Secret Service agents raced toward him.
    Calvin Woodward, Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026

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“Repeater.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repeater. Accessed 2 May. 2026.

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