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1. USAnd so on; and so forth.

   I’m talking country codes, asbestos firewalls, yada yada yada.

   1981 January 5, The Washington Post, page B1

   Synonyms: and so forth, and so on, and what have you, and whatnot

2. USuncommonBlah blah blah.

   We chewed it over forever ... yada yada yada, nothing important.

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   Mom’s friend sent her some blog post by some bleeding stupid 40-year old Singaporean called Derek Wee […] whining about how Singapore is such an insecure place, how old ppl (ie, 40 and above) fear for their jobs, (other Derek Wee's complaints), yadayadayadayada.

   2006 October 19, Wee Shu Min, Response to Derek Wee's blog

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1. UStransitiveTo give little attention or treatment to; to gloss over; to give short shrift to.

   A voiceover "yada yadas" the basics of Peter Parker's origin story […]

   2018 November 28, Angie Han, “'Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse' puts the comic book back into comic book movies”, in Mashable

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   He was certainly not a master criminal who meticulously planned the daring hijacking. […] Borrowing a phrase from the "Seinfeld" television series, Carr says, "He yada, yada, yada'd the jump."

   2007 November 25, Edward Walsh, “An FBI agent parachutes into the long-cold case of the famous Northwest skyjacking”, in The Oregonian

   What does it say that the most dramatic and potentially stirring part of Webb's story is yadda-yadda-yaddaed in a text card shown just before the closing credits?

   2014 October 10, Mike Scott, “'Kill the Messenger' movie review: Jeremy Renner stars in journalism drama”, in The Times-Picayune

   In my insecure mind, the First Commandment of having a tummy has always been "Thou shalt own 15 or so A-line skirts," because it emphasizes your boobs and then yada yadas the rest of your body.

   2017 February 18, Kristin Chirico, “We Broke Fashion Rules For Plus-Size Women For A Week”, in BuzzFeed

   The film yadda yaddas the shunned former congressman’s ostensive^([sic]) comeback with a montage of pride parades and sweaty hugs with prospective constituents and throws us right into the third act of the tragedy.

   2017 February 23, Anna Peele, “Oscars 2017: Everything the Academy Screwed Up This Year”, in GQ

   I love that even Martha gets tired of telling this story. She yadda-yadda-yaddas the specific trials of trying to change directions in Midtown Manhattan.

   2018 November 19, R. Eric Thomas, “Hell Hath No Fury Like Martha Stewart in the Back of a Dirty Uber”, in Elle