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Mechanical repetition (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rote

<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">mechanical repetition</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for rote that I've seen before include "By . . . . means by memory - that tore it" , "Way of learning" , "Mechanical procedure" , "Unthinking repetition" , "Learn by . . . . to have off by heart" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal, The Times, the USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the L.A. Times Daily and The Washington Post.
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