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iteration

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it·er·a·tion | \ ˌi-tə-ˈrā-shən

Definition of iteration

1 : version, incarnation the latest iteration of the operating system

2 : the action or a process of iterating or repeating: such as

a : a procedure in which repetition of a sequence of operations yields results successively closer to a desired result

b : the repetition of a sequence of computer instructions a specified number of times or until a condition is met — compare recursion

3 : one execution of a sequence of operations or instructions in an iteration

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Examples of iteration in a Sentence

your constant iteration of the same piddling complaints is wearing thin

Recent Examples on the Web In its earliest iteration, the policy was a draft directive for Morelock to remove the identity-affirming symbols from district schools. — oregonlive, 29 Sep. 2021 The region’s sprawling 15-day dining festival is back for its fall iteration. — Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2021 In its present iteration, Ten Kliks South extends the kinds of discussions that happen about texts like Klay’s in West Point humanities classrooms. — Matthew Carey Salyer, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2021 Following a year off due to the coronavirus pandemic that put the globe on pause in 2020, The Village Trip returns in the fall of 2021 for its third annual iteration. — Joe Lynch, Billboard, 16 Sep. 2021 The three of them, along with Prudvi Kaka, Deciem’s chief scientific officer, have carried the beauty company into its next iteration. — Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2021 And its third iteration was going to be in San Francisco. — Nina Metz, chicagotribune.com, 7 Sep. 2021 His most recent comic book iteration casts him as an employee at a bakery in San Francisco's Chinatown, content to assemble boxes of sesame balls and pineapple buns until he's recruited to save his estranged sister from a life of evil. — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 4 Sep. 2021 The model, which debuted in 2011 and got a second version in 2018, is now in its third and final iteration—and the watchmaker is sending it out with a bang. — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 3 Sep. 2021

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