as in to remember
to experience (something) again in your imagination
an athlete trying to relive his glory days He would sometimes relive the battle in his dreams.
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Recent Examples of relive
Today, diners from Fleur Drive to Fourth Street can relive the ritual — often open‑faced, usually with fries, always with attitude.
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Susan Stapleton, Des Moines Register, 1 Apr. 2026
But for me, at least, the direction is neither sufficiently cohesive or detailed to really pull all of these different strands together to offer much more than a chance to have fun with genre stereotypes or relive a favorite movie.
—Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 31 Mar. 2026
But for me, at least, the direction is neither sufficiently cohesive or detailed, in that crucial moment-by-moment way, to really pull all of these different strands together to offer much more than a chance to have fun with genre stereotypes or relive a favorite movie.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2026
Testifying at her own trial had been an excruciating exercise, Wilkens told me, not only because describing the abuse meant reliving it.
—Pamela Colloff, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026
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Susan Stapleton, Des Moines Register, 1 Apr. 2026
But for me, at least, the direction is neither sufficiently cohesive or detailed to really pull all of these different strands together to offer much more than a chance to have fun with genre stereotypes or relive a favorite movie.
—Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 31 Mar. 2026
But for me, at least, the direction is neither sufficiently cohesive or detailed, in that crucial moment-by-moment way, to really pull all of these different strands together to offer much more than a chance to have fun with genre stereotypes or relive a favorite movie.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2026
Testifying at her own trial had been an excruciating exercise, Wilkens told me, not only because describing the abuse meant reliving it.
—Pamela Colloff, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for relive
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Senator Jacky Rosen, a Democrat from Nevada, asked the room to remember the Second World War and why it had been fought.—
Antonia Hitchens,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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Technically Depeche Mode and Tool headlined Coachella in 2006, but neither of those is the act everyone remembers from that year.—
Vanessa Franko,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Apr. 2026
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The in-person celebrations offered a rare opportunity for fans around the country to reunite and reminisce over their childhood love for the show, which aired before social media was a prominent part of people’s everyday lives.—
Angela Yang,
NBC news,
26 Mar. 2026
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Selena Gomez, who played Hannah Montana’s enemy Mikayla in the series, also stopped by in the special to reminisce.—
Kirsten Chuba,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Relive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relive. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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