repeater

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Recent Examples of repeater Examples of its inventory include 16th century pre-balance spring pocket watches, enamel watches, complicated repeaters, Art Deco cocktail watches and more recent vintage watches from the world’s leading watch brands. Anthony Demarco, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025 Wireless repeaters: These devices extend the Wi-Fi signal by amplifying and retransmitting it. Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 17 Feb. 2025 The final repeater in the TERRA network was switched on in October, at a site coincidentally labeled on the TERRA map as Final Repeater for its proximity to Final Mountain. IEEE Spectrum, 30 Nov. 2017 Built by General Communication Inc. (GCI) and known as TERRA, it was completed this past October, after US $300 million of investment and six years of construction, when engineers installed its final microwave repeater. IEEE Spectrum, 30 Nov. 2017 See All Example Sentences for repeater
Recent Examples of Synonyms for repeater
Noun
  • Hale’s firearms included an AR-15 pistol, a semi-automatic AR pistol, a semi-automatic carbine rifle and a semi-automatic pistol.
    John Miller, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2025
  • In an interview with police, a family member said that Luke Howard had a 10mm Hi-Point carbine rifle and a 10mm glock handgun, court records said.
    Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 13 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Learning of such proactivity reminds me of how cutting-edge cybersecurity firms now use AI to go on the offensive against criminals.
    Michael Ashley, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
  • This exemption obligates the IRS to assist law enforcement in the pursuit of criminals and will be used against any migrant who has overstayed for more than 90 days as part of the carveout.
    Benjamin Siegel, ABC News, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • They were being led to the Danube by teenagers with rifles.
    Gabra Zackman Emma Kehlbeck Ted Blaisdell, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
  • In response, Ng fired two shots from his rifle and Koch fired one shot from his handgun.
    Jason Green, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The biggest culprit was one particular employer: The federal government.
    Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2025
  • After all, smartphones are an easy culprit of a collective sense of digital despair.
    Boone Ashworth, Wired News, 3 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Until finally Reacher outsmarted him by plugging the barrel of the machine gun Paulie shot, which exploded into his throat and killed him.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 27 Mar. 2025
  • In one such instance, the informant bought a $1,700 machine gun from Talley last September, the complaint says.
    Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Police are searching for a crook who pilfered an elderly woman’s purse from her pew at a church in Brooklyn, cops said Friday.
    Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 29 Mar. 2025
  • Tax professionals are once again warned that they're being targeted by crooks and con artists.
    Susan Tompor, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Four officers ran to the fence - three pulling out handguns and another pointing what appeared to be a shotgun.
    CBS News, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2025
  • So the next day, his father rode shotgun, guiding him through traffic and offering wisdom: Never race other taxis to a fare.
    Jonah Markowitz, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Listen to this article A recidivist New York City thief with more than 100 arrests on his rap sheet, who was involved in nine shoplifting cases from February through April, according to cops, was cuffed again Thursday at a Greenwich Village subway station, the Daily News has learned.
    Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 6 Apr. 2025
  • Three recidivist restaurants, rodents and the usual abundance of roaches highlight the return of the Sick and Shut Down List, the Miami metropolitan area restaurants that inspectors closed.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2025

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“Repeater.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repeater. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.

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