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as in responding
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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as in answering
to speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction
please reply to my question at your earliest convenience
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Recent Examples of replying
But Kaliakmanis’ counterpart — freshman Gophers quarterback Drake Lindsey — got the last laugh, replying with two second-half touchdown passes and three total as Minnesota rallied from that 14-0 hole for a 31-28 win in their Big Ten opener.
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Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 29 Sep. 2025
Neither quite get you to iPhone levels of lockdown, and Samsung will never achieve this whilst replying on Google for its core OS.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
With an uneasy feeling about the situation, the man decided to stop replying.
—Nicki Cox, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
With each successive exchange, the replying chorus added another member, until the air was filled with a continuous melody of bugles, grunts, cow/calf calls, whistles and chuckles.
—Jim Tschetter, Outdoor Life, 27 Aug. 2025
The thoughts were shared in comments replying to a thread posted by user @jenny_nuel1.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Aug. 2025
Many of us listen with the intention of replying rather than truly understanding.
—Jeremy Hurewitz, TIME, 21 Dec. 2024
Engage directly with the audiences that interact with influencer content by replying to comments, answering questions and resharing posts.
—Deepak Bansal, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
On Tuesday, December 17, the 32-year-old singer found himself in hot water with fans after replying to a Musk post.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 29 Sep. 2025
Neither quite get you to iPhone levels of lockdown, and Samsung will never achieve this whilst replying on Google for its core OS.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
With an uneasy feeling about the situation, the man decided to stop replying.
—Nicki Cox, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
With each successive exchange, the replying chorus added another member, until the air was filled with a continuous melody of bugles, grunts, cow/calf calls, whistles and chuckles.
—Jim Tschetter, Outdoor Life, 27 Aug. 2025
The thoughts were shared in comments replying to a thread posted by user @jenny_nuel1.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Aug. 2025
Many of us listen with the intention of replying rather than truly understanding.
—Jeremy Hurewitz, TIME, 21 Dec. 2024
Engage directly with the audiences that interact with influencer content by replying to comments, answering questions and resharing posts.
—Deepak Bansal, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
On Tuesday, December 17, the 32-year-old singer found himself in hot water with fans after replying to a Musk post.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for replying
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Dhillon's office requested unredacted incident reports related to the use of force, arrests and other actions and communications regarding directions given to police officers responding to protests at ICE facilities within the past 30 days.—
Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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The suspect, Jihad Al-Shamie, was not carrying a firearm and the only shots fired were by responding law enforcement officers, Watson said.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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Fifty hours after Daniel Farke had been answering questions about Leeds United’s set-piece coaching, Joe Rodon buried a corner past Bournemouth’s Djordje Petrovic.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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The Grammy-winning artist ended up swapping Scarlet out for her 2018 project Amala before answering.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
1 Oct. 2025
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Photos that followed showed the lovebirds reacting to their own happy moment, embracing one another after Aurora accepted Zac’s proposal.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
2 Oct. 2025
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In other words, this isn’t a method to power through if your scalp is reacting negatively to the treatment.—
Grace McCarty,
Glamour,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Replying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/replying. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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