as in repeat
the act of saying or doing over again
this conversation feels like a replay of the last time we hashed over the subject
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Recent Examples of replay
Now that this replay fantasy has collided with a more complex, indeterminate and difficult reality, Trump is unable to explain his objectives or even give the country a sense of when the war might end.
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Jamelle Bouie, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2026
The stumble lasted barely a handful of seconds — and most viewers only caught it on replay.
—Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Mar. 2026
Video replays are now inaccessible to officials until the final two minutes of the game, meaning the bench has unseen angles at its disposal.
—Maura Carey, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
When the league introduced replay review in 2014 to cover most plays, the idea was to eliminate egregious mistakes.
—Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
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Jamelle Bouie, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2026
The stumble lasted barely a handful of seconds — and most viewers only caught it on replay.
—Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Mar. 2026
Video replays are now inaccessible to officials until the final two minutes of the game, meaning the bench has unseen angles at its disposal.
—Maura Carey, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
When the league introduced replay review in 2014 to cover most plays, the idea was to eliminate egregious mistakes.
—Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for replay
Noun
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Perhaps there will be a repeat then of what turned out to be music to the Hornets’ ears against New York.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
27 Mar. 2026
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Or a repeat of the Eras Tour, which Kelce saw double-digit times.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
27 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The future begins to look like a repetition of the present.—
Rabbi Bruce D. Forman,
Sun Sentinel,
25 Mar. 2026
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Beckett’s patter of repetitions and reversals—as the tape is rewound, replayed, and punctured by Krapp’s speech in the present—resembles Lerner’s technique.—
Hannah Gold,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Replay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/replay. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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