Thesaurus results for REPLAYS

replays

noun

plural of replay

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 Slow-motion replays showed the Argentine striker using his hand to punch the ball past goalkeeper Peter Shilton, but the referee didn’t see the foul. — George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 24 Aug. 2026 After 68 minutes against Everton, Chadi Riad attempted to prevent Thierno Barry from shooting only for his right knee to buckle, appearing on replays to almost remove itself from its socket. — Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026 The Des Moines Register will live stream each speech and post replays on its YouTube channel. — Brian Smith, Des Moines Register, 21 Aug. 2026 The 24/7 outlet has more than 200 hours of premium race content including live event streams, full race replays, select practice sessions and qualifiers, behind-the-scenes footage, archival videos and full coverage of the 2026-27 season. — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2026 Additionally, both Sunday’s women’s finals and key replays will air on NBC, which can be streamed online for free via DirecTV’s five-day trial and Fubo’s five-day trial. — Erin Lassner, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2026 Perhaps the better approach to convince such holdouts is not constant replays of the same extravagant talk track, but something more practical. — Robbie Morrison, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026 Without the use of video replays, its unlikely any of those calls would have been made and the World Cup quarterfinals would probably look quite different. — Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026 The league also will implant contact-sensing computer chips in each basketball to aid officials with out-of-bounds replays. — Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 9 July 2026

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Noun

Don’t expect too many repeats here; Turner bakes with the seasons, with interesting flavor combos.

— The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 24 Aug. 2026
Sexuality and identity become intertwined, while the complexity of a person is reduced to categories that culture, including cinema, repeats.

— Callum McLennan, Variety, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of repeats

Noun

Yayoi Kusama, whose obsessive repetitions of dots and nets became a means of expressing infinity, leaving an indelible mark on contemporary art worldwide, died on August 14 of multiple organ failure at a hospital in Tokyo.

— Tessa Solomon for ARTnews, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2026
Perform five to eight repetitions, then reverse the direction.

— Sophia Dyer, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Aug. 2026

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