A method for wireless communication, the method performed by an apparatus and comprising determining a slot format indicator, SFI, indicating a communication direction for each of a plurality of symbols in a slot as being uplink, downlink, or flexible; receiving a resource grant for transmitting over an uplink shared channel, wherein the resource grant indicates an index of a starting symbol for transmitting an uplink communication, a number of symbols for transmitting the uplink communication, and a nominal number of repetitions for transmitting the uplink communication; determining that the resource grant includes an indicator indicating whether symbols in the slot indicated by the SFI as flexible can be used for uplink communications; and transmitting , based at least in part on the indicator, one or more repetitions of the uplink communication starting at the starting symbol, continuing over the number of symbols, and based on the nominal number of repetitions; characterized in that the indicator is a bit indicating whether a group of one or more symbols indicated by the SFI as flexible can be used for uplink communications, wherein the bit indicates whether the group of one or more symbols indicated by the SFI as flexible can be used for uplink communications excluding: a number of transition symbols used for at least one of transitioning from downlink to uplink or applying a timing advance, at least one of a number of synchronization symbols used to indicate reception of synchronization signal blocks, or a number of control symbols used to indicate reception of a control resource set, that are indicated by the SFI as flexible. determining a slot format indicator, SFI, indicating a communication direction for each of a plurality of symbols in a slot as being uplink, downlink, or flexible; receiving a resource grant for transmitting over an uplink shared channel, wherein the resource grant indicates an index of a starting symbol for transmitting an uplink communication, a number of symbols for transmitting the uplink communication, and a nominal number of repetitions for transmitting the uplink communication; determining that the resource grant includes an indicator indicating whether symbols in the slot indicated by the SFI as flexible can be used for uplink communications; and transmitting , based at least in part on the indicator, one or more repetitions of the uplink communication starting at the starting symbol, continuing over the number of symbols, and based on the nominal number of repetitions; characterized in that the indicator is a bit indicating whether a group of one or more symbols indicated by the SFI as flexible can be used for uplink communications, wherein the bit indicates whether the group of one or more symbols indicated by the SFI as flexible can be used for uplink communications excluding: a number of transition symbols used for at least one of transitioning from downlink to uplink or applying a timing advance, at least one of a number of synchronization symbols used to indicate reception of synchronization signal blocks, or a number of control symbols used to indicate reception of a control resource set, that are indicated by the SFI as flexible. a number of transition symbols used for at least one of transitioning from downlink to uplink or applying a timing advance, at least one of a number of synchronization symbols used to indicate reception of synchronization signal blocks, or a number of control symbols used to indicate reception of a control resource set, that are indicated by the SFI as flexible. <EOS>