Redundancy can have different meanings depending on the context. Here are some definitions and examples:

• In general: Redundancy refers to the quality or state of being redundant, which means superfluity or unnecessary repetition.

• In employment: Redundancy refers to a process of terminating employees from their employment due to different business reasons, such as poor economic conditions, lack of projects or funds, relocation of business, or discontinuance of business in general. Redundancies can be forced or voluntary, and they are generally preceded by consultations in which the employers, employees, and stakeholders collaborate on finding a way for a business to save the role from redundancy through new opportunities or restructuring.

• In information technology: Redundancy can refer to the provision of duplicate, backup equipment or links that immediately take over the function of equipment or transmission lines that fail. It can also refer to the portion of the total information contained in a message that can be eliminated without loss of essential information.

• In writing: Redundancy can refer to the unnecessary use of more than one word or phrase meaning the same thing. It can also refer to superfluous repetition or overlapping, especially of words.

Examples of redundancy in a sentence:

• "The design incorporates several redundancies".
• "Try to avoid using redundancies in your writing".
• "The restructuring is expected to result in the redundancy of several hundred workers".
• "The economic downturn has meant 10,000 redundancies in the Northeast".
• "All the programs are being scrutinized for effectiveness, and there is an emphasis on seeking out and eliminating redundancies".
• "Redundancies can be forced or voluntary".
• "The quick answer for data center operators is to increase the long-term backup capacity and redundancy of diesel generators".
• "The state or condition of being redundant or superfluous, especially superfluous in ones job".