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present tense third-person singular of reply
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as in responds
to act or behave in response (as to a stimulus or influence) replied to the news that she had won the scholarship by jumping around the room and cheering

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noun

plural of reply

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Recent Examples of replies
Verb
The automation should end when the customer replies, books, declines, becomes unqualified or needs a decision from a person. — Michael Fox, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026 The video then shows Duff taking off her earpiece and saying something to her bandmate, who replies with an unsure gesture. — Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026 Thomas comments with three lovestruck emojis, and Kerstin replies with two. — William Finnegan, New Yorker, 29 June 2026 Abbass plays a housewife named Aida who replies to a casting call for extras to make ends meet. — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 14 May 2026 But Eunice only replies that the chairwoman is excited to work with him and Ashley on the wellness center. — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026 Maddy replies that Cassie might currently just be a big fish in a small pond. — Radhika Seth, Vogue, 9 Apr. 2026 O'Brien replies with a surprised smile, before being led to his new office at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. — Sharareh Drury, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Mar. 2026 The voice that replies, however, is not that of his wife but rather an impoverished young woman who has entered the medium’s caravan to steal food. — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 1 Jan. 2026
Noun
Musk has no involvement in the film, and recently let his thoughts be known about Gibney’s work in a series of replies on X, his own social media platform. — Jack Dunn, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026 Her video also gained attention on X, where users sounded off in quote-tweets and replies, boosting the tweet to over 9 million views in three days. — Owen Carry, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026 The comment sections under his music videos on YouTube and the replies on social media are filled with comments in a range of languages, suggesting that Vaundy’s global presence has been growing on the strength of the songs alone. — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 18 Sep. 2026 Compared to Apple's older versions of Siri, users can reply to the assistant's replies, making the software feel more conversational. — Kif Leswing, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026 Within minutes, replies starting pouring in, including one from Evan Hubinger, another guy at Anthropic charged with making sure AI doesn’t destroy everyone. — Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026 Williamson pushed back after Patel mistakenly thought the post had 227,000 replies. — Joseph Konig, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2026 An integrated speaker and microphone allow hands-free voice calls and text replies right from your wrist, all backed by up to 10 days of battery life for over $160 off. — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 31 Aug. 2026 Most of the letters in the Beinecke’s collection are replies to Cullen, and reading them without seeing the originating source letter was a beautiful exercise for my imagination. — Hanif Abdurraqib, New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for replies
Verb
  • Long-term Treasury yields are determined in the public bond market, which typically responds to higher inflation expectations, among other factors.
    — Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026
  • One target has a disability; another turns out to be a rabbi, who responds to his confrontation with suitably Talmudic indignation.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Swift’s propensity for clearing her musical vaults answers to a more-is-better audience ethos.
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Defense answers the call early During the week, TCU head coach Sonny Dykes praised the overall play of his defense, but wanted to see the unit start much faster after lackluster starts against Grambling State and North Carolina.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • In survey responses, 1,004 residents of northern Virginia and the Richmond metropolitan area indicated the relative importance of various rules.
    — Fengxiu Zhang, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Two Essential California readers mentioned the highway in their responses to our reader question last week, which asked where to find fall color in California.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The player not chosen to be a Traitor reacts to whether the fix was always in on the selection.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Some of the rocks contain silica, which can form when olivine reacts with water and is particularly abundant in rocks that were once below the lake's waterline.
    — Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • These, then collided with boron nuclei and helped drive the fusion reaction rate beyond 100 million reactions per second.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Fans of Wetzel were quick to sound off in the comments section with plenty of reactions.
    — David Hookstead OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026

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“Replies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/replies. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026.

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