as in repeats
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 replays
Nielsen figures have the first airing of the show on HBO at just 334,000 viewers (which is itself up from the 214,000 for Task’s debut in September), meaning that about 94 percent of the total audience came from streaming on HBO Max and on-air replays at HBO.
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Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 30 Oct. 2025
Fox News’ replays of The Five and Jesse Watters Primetime is still the juggernaut of the time period, while MSNBC features reruns of The Briefing with Jen Psaki and The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2025
The video replays every 90 seconds.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2025
The answer required several rewinds and replays to make sure it was heard correctly.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 18 Oct. 2025
Oud-Heverlee Leuven’s first goal in their 2-1 win over FC Twente on Wednesday arose from a penalty given after review for handball; Leuven’s players appealed at the time, and replays showed a clear handball.
—Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Available in Italian in Italy and in English worldwide, the channel offers a blend of Inter’s past and present, with historic matches and archival content available at no cost, as well as highlights, training clips, magazine shows and full replays of current-season games.
—Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Calls don’t get much worse, as replays affirmed.
—Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2025
In select regions, F1 TV Pro subscribers can tune in for live coverage on any device, along with the opportunity to catch up on full session replays and highlights afterwards.
—Yara Elshebiny, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 30 Oct. 2025
Fox News’ replays of The Five and Jesse Watters Primetime is still the juggernaut of the time period, while MSNBC features reruns of The Briefing with Jen Psaki and The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2025
The video replays every 90 seconds.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2025
The answer required several rewinds and replays to make sure it was heard correctly.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 18 Oct. 2025
Oud-Heverlee Leuven’s first goal in their 2-1 win over FC Twente on Wednesday arose from a penalty given after review for handball; Leuven’s players appealed at the time, and replays showed a clear handball.
—Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Available in Italian in Italy and in English worldwide, the channel offers a blend of Inter’s past and present, with historic matches and archival content available at no cost, as well as highlights, training clips, magazine shows and full replays of current-season games.
—Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Calls don’t get much worse, as replays affirmed.
—Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2025
In select regions, F1 TV Pro subscribers can tune in for live coverage on any device, along with the opportunity to catch up on full session replays and highlights afterwards.
—Yara Elshebiny, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for replays
Noun
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Your story on the upcoming race to fill the District 5 supervisor seat in 2026 repeats the drama of which side has a majority on the board.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Oct. 2025
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Then the whole sequence essentially rewinds and is told again from the perspective of different characters, and repeats for a third time in the same manner.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Exhale and repeat through five repetitions.—
Dana Santas,
CNN Money,
23 Oct. 2025
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Hold for a second and then return to the starting position, completing multiple repetitions (reps).—
Jakob Roze,
Health,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Replays.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/replays. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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