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verb

iterate

to repeat a process of refining through successive cycles

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Six example sentences with iterate, each labelled with its topic.

  • The team will iterate on the signup screen weekly, changing one element and watching what the next thousand visitors do.

    Startups

  • Designers iterate on a boss fight for months, shaving a second here and adding a tell there until it feels fair.

    Gaming

  • The illustrator will iterate on a cover twenty times, each pass moving the horizon slightly until the balance settles.

    Art

  • She iterated on the bread recipe for a year, changing one variable each weekend until the crust finally shattered properly.

    Cooking

  • The firm will iterate on the facade through a dozen models, adjusting the window rhythm until the street elevation settles.

    Architecture

  • The engineers iterate on the search algorithm weekly, shipping a small change and measuring whether results improve.

    Technology

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