as in repeat
the act of saying or doing over again
his second marriage turned out to be a reprise of the first one: equally disastrous, simply shorter
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as in to summarize
to make into a short statement of the main points (as of a report)
the prosecutor's closing statement effectively reprised the case against the defendant
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Recent Examples of reprise
Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 15 Apr. 2026
Harewood became the first Black actor to play Othello at the National Theatre, London, nearly 30 years ago in 1997, and his historic reprise was among the biggest stories in theater last year.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 15 Apr. 2026
Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 5 June 2026
Foremost, the lefty has reprised his career standing as one of his generation’s best singles hitters against right-handers.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2026
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Noun
Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Owen Wilson, Teri Polo, and Blythe Danner all return to reprise their roles from the original films, with newcomers Skyler Gisondo and Beanie Feldstein also joining the cast as the older versions of Henry and Samantha Focker.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 15 Apr. 2026
Harewood became the first Black actor to play Othello at the National Theatre, London, nearly 30 years ago in 1997, and his historic reprise was among the biggest stories in theater last year.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 15 Apr. 2026
Verb
Also on the call sheet are Mason Thames (The Black Phone) and Dacre Montgomery (Stranger Things) as well as Rina Sawayama, who is reprising her role as Akira, who in Wick 4 worked in the hitman hotel that was overrun by assassins and blamed Caine for the death of her father.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 5 June 2026
Foremost, the lefty has reprised his career standing as one of his generation’s best singles hitters against right-handers.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reprise
Noun
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The comparison is not of the apples-to-apples variety, because a late-night host’s last program is bound to win a large audience, just as a repeat aired on a Friday night is not.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
29 May 2026
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Charlotte’s restrictions prohibit many discretionary outdoor water uses and allow violations to carry fines beginning at $100, with escalating penalties for repeat offenses or if drought conditions worsen.—
Nora O'Neill,
Charlotte Observer,
29 May 2026
Verb
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Jeff Hafley’s an excellent communicator Hafley needs 30 seconds to summarize things that would have taken Mike McDaniel three minutes.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
9 June 2026
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The slow pace is due to a law that requires each ballot and each tally sheet, which summarizes the votes from each polling station, to be taken to one of more than 100 offices to be counted.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 June 2026
Verb
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While other states, including Colorado and Missouri, have tried to replicate this legendary bike ride, none have matched Iowa.—
Arati Menon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 June 2026
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From the young, long-haired goalkeeper who appeared in Germany 2006 to the veteran leader who now seeks to cap his career at home, Ochoa has built a career that would be difficult for any Mexican soccer player to replicate.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
7 June 2026
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Capitalist tactics—repetition, decontextualization, estrangement—were put in service of their literal-minded appropriations.—
Jeremy Lybarger,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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O’Farrell’s sentences — the musicality of her repetitions, the genial warmth of her narration, the visceral pleasures of her imagery — offer comfort against the backdrop of heartbreak so common to her fiction.—
Rachel Vorona Cote,
Vulture,
2 June 2026
Verb
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Altair and four other stars form a large vertical diamond that outlines the eagle’s wingspan.—
Mike Lynch,
Twin Cities,
7 June 2026
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Four years later, in April 2025, CATL unveiled its second-generation Naxtra sodium-ion battery and outlined plans to deploy the technology across a wide range of applications, including passenger and commercial vehicles, battery-swapping networks, and stationary energy storage systems.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
7 June 2026
Verb
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The fee, which was set to expire after one year unless renewed by the administration, was the first of several administrative changes aimed at tightening rules and regulations around the popular high-skilled visa program.—
Bloomberg,
Oc Register,
8 June 2026
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Indiana declined to renew a license for CRE8 Pharmacy Group, which had acknowledged compounding retatrutide.—
Daniel Gilbert,
CBS News,
8 June 2026
Noun
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Video replay showed that Vegas forward Brett Howden entered the offensive zone ahead of the puck before sending Stone in on a breakaway with a pass to the middle of the ice.—
Chris Johnston,
New York Times,
7 June 2026
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Sanchez slid into home and the ball appeared to loosen from the glove of Redwood catcher Aubrie Jenkins on a throw from left field by freshman Kyrie Rodriguez based on video replay.—
Ethan Hanson,
Daily News,
4 June 2026
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“Reprise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reprise. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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