1
as in summarized
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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as in repeated
to make or do again
let us not reprise the stupid mistakes we made last time
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Recent Examples of reprised
Although the casting for Incredibles 3 hasn’t been announced yet, voice actors who reprised their roles across the first two films include Nelson, Hunter and Vowell.
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Yasmeen Hamadeh, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
As part of a Home Instead ad campaign, the actor reprised his role as the movie's scheming protagonist, now all grown up.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Nov. 2025
Bowen Yang reprised his role as America’s favorite liar.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2025
He can also be seen in movie theaters in Lionsgate’s angel/body-swap comedy Good Fortune directed by and starring Aziz Ansari, Reeves reprised his role as John Wick is that franchise’s spinoff Ballerina back in June.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2025
Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy reprised their roles as the central antagonists from the first film, but the original Dennison family ensemble was left out of the sequel.
—Andrew McGowan, Variety, 25 Oct. 2025
Goggins also reprised his role in the fourth and final season of The Righteous Gemstones and appeared in the film The Uninvited, directed by his wife, Nadia Conners, and that premiered at the South by Southwest Festival.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
The character became a mainstay of the series, reprised in several holiday episodes over the years.
—Rob Salkowitz, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
In 2017, Brodie-Sangster reprised his Love Actually role for the charity mini-sequel Red Nose Day Actually.
—Lydia Price, People.com, 21 Dec. 2024
Yasmeen Hamadeh, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
As part of a Home Instead ad campaign, the actor reprised his role as the movie's scheming protagonist, now all grown up.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Nov. 2025
Bowen Yang reprised his role as America’s favorite liar.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2025
He can also be seen in movie theaters in Lionsgate’s angel/body-swap comedy Good Fortune directed by and starring Aziz Ansari, Reeves reprised his role as John Wick is that franchise’s spinoff Ballerina back in June.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2025
Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy reprised their roles as the central antagonists from the first film, but the original Dennison family ensemble was left out of the sequel.
—Andrew McGowan, Variety, 25 Oct. 2025
Goggins also reprised his role in the fourth and final season of The Righteous Gemstones and appeared in the film The Uninvited, directed by his wife, Nadia Conners, and that premiered at the South by Southwest Festival.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
The character became a mainstay of the series, reprised in several holiday episodes over the years.
—Rob Salkowitz, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
In 2017, Brodie-Sangster reprised his Love Actually role for the charity mini-sequel Red Nose Day Actually.
—Lydia Price, People.com, 21 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reprised
Verb
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Bower summarized that reporting in a post on X (formerly Twitter), prompting Halligan’s outreach.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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The final minute of the first half pretty much summarized the opening 24 minutes of Wednesday’s tilt between Class 6A powers Lakeville South and Rosemount.—
Mike Cook,
Twin Cities,
16 Oct. 2025
Verb
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It’s been shared 23,000 times on Facebook, NBC found, although it is actually composed of just a few faces repeated over and over again.—
David Smiley,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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Spencer said the same mistake cannot be repeated in Gaza.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
6 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Jean Eric Salata, chairman of EQT Asia, said that the strategic priorities outlined in Beijing’s new five-year plan are poised to deepen China’s edge in advanced manufacturing, bolster investment in technology and artificial intelligence, and boost consumption.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
5 Nov. 2025
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Many of the initiatives outlined in these plans focus on building infrastructures to improve telehealth access and strengthen the health care workforce in rural communities.—
Lauren Giella,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Grossman found that stories that were critical of Hamas did not appear on BBC Arabic, but every story that attacked Israel was replicated by BBC Arabic, per the Telegraph.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
5 Nov. 2025
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Those are all specific processes that are often proprietary and unique to individual companies, and actually require a degree of human decision-making that isn’t easily replicated from scrapable data.—
Megan Poinski,
Forbes.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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Viewers looking for more adventures featuring Joe Leaphorn (Zahn McClarnon) and Jim Chee (Kiowa Gordon) are in luck because the Navajo detective thriller has already been renewed for a fourth season.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
2 Nov. 2025
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The unnamed new season was first announced in 2020, when FX revealed the series had been renewed for seasons 11, 12, and 13.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
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