: the act or action or an instance of rerunning : repetition
especially
: a movie or television show that is rerun
Examples of rerun in a Sentence
Verb
Last week's show is being rerun tomorrow night.
They reran the race, but the result was the same.
He reran the software on my computer.
Noun
She spent her vacation watching summer reruns.
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Stephen McGrath, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2025
Faced with the possibility that a candidate backed by Russia might capture the presidency and possibly overturn Romanian democracy, the Constitutional Court took the unprecedented step of annulling the entire election and ordering it to be rerun from scratch.
—Veronica Anghel, Foreign Affairs, 21 May 2025
Carson Blackwelder, People.com, 3 July 2025
Not without its controversies, reruns of the show are few and far between due to its Confederate flag imagery.
—Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 1 July 2025
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Verb
Despite denying any wrongdoing, Georgescu was barred from the tense election rerun held in May, won by pro-EU candidate Nicusor Dan, who was officially sworn in on Monday.
—Stephen McGrath, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2025
Faced with the possibility that a candidate backed by Russia might capture the presidency and possibly overturn Romanian democracy, the Constitutional Court took the unprecedented step of annulling the entire election and ordering it to be rerun from scratch.
—Veronica Anghel, Foreign Affairs, 21 May 2025
Noun
Additional programming includes classic episodes of Dr. Phil, live sports programming, the Academy of Country Music Honors special and reruns of The Island With Bear Grylls and Steve Harvey's talk show, Steve.
—Carson Blackwelder, People.com, 3 July 2025
Not without its controversies, reruns of the show are few and far between due to its Confederate flag imagery.
—Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 1 July 2025
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“Rerun.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rerun. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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rerun
2 of 2 noun
re·run
ˈrē-ˌrən 
(ˈ)rē-ˈrən
1
: the act or action or an instance of rerunning
2
: a television program or movie that is rerun
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