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
Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025
Justine Lupe and Timothy Simons reprise their roles as Joanne and Noah’s siblings, respectively, as well as Jackie Tohn as Noah’s sister-in-law Esther.
—Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 25 Sep. 2025
Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 2 Nov. 2025
Bowen Yang reprised his role as America’s favorite liar.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2025
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Noun
The studio confirmed Thursday that the feature will see Rick Moranis, Bill Pullman, Daphne Zuniga and George Wyner reprise their roles from the original film, as will Mel Brooks, whose casting was previously announced.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025
Justine Lupe and Timothy Simons reprise their roles as Joanne and Noah’s siblings, respectively, as well as Jackie Tohn as Noah’s sister-in-law Esther.
—Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
In addition to Hemsworth, Chalotra and Allan reprising their starring roles, season 5 of The Witcher will likely feature other characters fans have grown to love.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 2 Nov. 2025
Bowen Yang reprised his role as America’s favorite liar.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reprise
Noun
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The wheelchair races saw repeat winners from the Chicago Marathon three weeks ago.—
Bette Canter,
Sportico.com,
2 Nov. 2025
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Los Angeles is hoping to become the first repeat champion since the New York Yankees did it in 1999 and 2000.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
2 Nov. 2025
Verb
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This Batul Hassan piece in Jacobin summarizes some of Mamdani’s more popular plans.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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The resulting feature was published on March 14, 2022, publicly summarizing the case for the first time in years and providing Army CID contact information.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Given chances to replicate his pivots toward moderation on subjects like Wall Street, housing, and policing, Mamdani did not bend on the Middle East.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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In a similar vein, Timnit Gebru, a computer scientist writing during her time working at Google, warned of the dangers of large language models acting as stochastic parrots, which repeat language patterns without understanding, and in doing so replicate the biases embedded in their training data.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The repetition of that mythic version has buttressed the belief that the fight for American independence was an event somehow separate from world history.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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Recurring gags, like one with Madonna suddenly falling asleep mid-sentence, are surprising and therefore funny the first time they’re rolled out, and then less surprising and therefore less funny with each repetition.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The team has developed their methodology using SA Pathways and Protocols, while also building on protocols outlined by the Nuclear Truth Project, which fosters collaboration between First Nations peoples affected by testing.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
4 Nov. 2025
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This past summer, the filmmakers embarked on a cross-country tour, meeting with executives at major theater chains to screen the film and outline their marketing and self-distribution strategy.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
3 Nov. 2025
Verb
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His original announcement on October 13 stated his contract was simply not being renewed, but this new report confirms the non-renewal has been escalated to an early termination.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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The Grossmont board declined to renew the contract of Christian Wallis, its previous chief executive, in March without providing a public reason for the dismissal.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Watch the replay above or tap here.—
Detroit Free Press,
Freep.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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After a replay review, Bane was ejected from the game after being assessed both a technical foul and a flagrant foul for his transgression.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Reprise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reprise. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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