iterate

verb

ˈi-tə-ˌrāt How to pronounce iterate (audio)
Definition of iteratenext
as in to repeat
to say or state again no matter how many times I iterate that this so-called prank is a bad idea, no one listens

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Recent Examples of iterate Superintendent Peter Licata iterated that every teacher who the district plans to report, has been contacted multiple times to be given the opportunity to provide reasoning, and has not responded. — Maven Navarro, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Sep. 2026 Programs such as HyCAT are intended to provide more frequent opportunities to test technologies in realistic flight conditions, potentially allowing developers to identify problems earlier and iterate more quickly. — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2026 For over a year, Green and his crew — including editor Carsten Kurpanek, head story artist Carlos Lutterbach and animation and sketchvis producer Ryan Delaney — iterated the movie, story beat by story beat, and gag by gag. — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 2026 The issue is that AI technology iterates extremely fast, causing related equipment and computing assets to depreciate rapidly, whereas financing debts are long term, creating a maturity mismatch risk. — CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for iterate
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  • Zelensky also repeated that the Ukrainian military’s access to the Starlink system to guide its short-range and battlefield drones was still curtailed.
    — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Simply wager $5 today to earn one $50 bonus bet token, and then repeat that process for five days to earn five tokens, totaling $250 in bonuses.
    — OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
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“Iterate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/iterate. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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