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
The podcast, premiering August 11, brings former Traitors competitors to the roundtable to relive all the betrayals, starting from Season 1 of the Peacock reality series.
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Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 22 July 2025
Suddenly, a sound cue and a shift from white to blue lighting indicate a leap in time, and this woman begins to relive a mundane interaction with her two young children, Leanne and Danny, while speaking to thin air and miming her motherly motions.
—Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 22 July 2025
The three friends couldn’t stop reliving the moment.
—Ashley Vega, People.com, 24 July 2025
Victims and their families have to relive the worst moments of their lives.
—John J. Lennon, Rolling Stone, 19 July 2025
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Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 22 July 2025
Suddenly, a sound cue and a shift from white to blue lighting indicate a leap in time, and this woman begins to relive a mundane interaction with her two young children, Leanne and Danny, while speaking to thin air and miming her motherly motions.
—Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 22 July 2025
The three friends couldn’t stop reliving the moment.
—Ashley Vega, People.com, 24 July 2025
Victims and their families have to relive the worst moments of their lives.
—John J. Lennon, Rolling Stone, 19 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for relive
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Employees will remember how they’re treated at this moment.—
Maria Ross,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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The day before the 1965 championship game, Devlin remembered Windsor Locks manager Bob O’Connor, a no-nonsense World War II veteran, telling his players to line up and take off their caps.—
Lori Riley,
Hartford Courant,
15 Aug. 2025
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Gomez recently reminisced about these relationships on an episode of the Therapuss podcast with Jake Shane on August 7.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Aug. 2025
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The pair reminisced about their on-set experiences as kids in Hollywood during the drink-from-a-garden-hose era, a great showcase for two men who can make inside cracks about, say, Scott Baio's father.—
Jordan Hoffman,
EW.com,
10 Aug. 2025
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“Relive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relive. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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