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
The star of movies such as Easy A, Hanging Up, and Romy and Michele's High School Reunion also reprised her role as actress Valerie Cherish on a third season of HBO comedy series The Comeback that ended this month.
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Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 28 May 2026
Cruise and Kilmer, who died in 2025 at the age of 65, reprised their roles and were joined by Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Glen Powell, Ed Harris, Lewis Pullman and Jay Ellis.
—Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 19 May 2026
Damon, the evening's host, reprised his role as the Supreme Court justice in the cold open.
—Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 10 May 2026
Saturday Night Live guest host Matt Damon reprised his role as Supreme Court justice Brett Kavanaugh, who reveals to drinking buddies Pete Hegseth and Kash Patel what Donald Trump‘s political future will look like.
—William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 10 May 2026
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
Van der Pol reprised her role as Raven's bestie Chelsea, and the sitcom opened with the duo living and raising their children together following their respective divorces.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2024
Zeile reprised his role as Santa for the second time, getting help from his elves, reliever Reed Garrett and his wife, Mary.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 19 Dec. 2024
Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 28 May 2026
Cruise and Kilmer, who died in 2025 at the age of 65, reprised their roles and were joined by Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Glen Powell, Ed Harris, Lewis Pullman and Jay Ellis.
—Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 19 May 2026
Damon, the evening's host, reprised his role as the Supreme Court justice in the cold open.
—Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 10 May 2026
Saturday Night Live guest host Matt Damon reprised his role as Supreme Court justice Brett Kavanaugh, who reveals to drinking buddies Pete Hegseth and Kash Patel what Donald Trump‘s political future will look like.
—William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 10 May 2026
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
Van der Pol reprised her role as Raven's bestie Chelsea, and the sitcom opened with the duo living and raising their children together following their respective divorces.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2024
Zeile reprised his role as Santa for the second time, getting help from his elves, reliever Reed Garrett and his wife, Mary.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 19 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reprised
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By the time a signal travels from the people doing the work to the people leading the organization, it’s been filtered, summarized, and optimized at every layer in between.—
Adrienne Down Coulson,
Fortune,
2 June 2026
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Markey sent Amazon a letter in October 2025 asking how Familiar Faces works, and summarized Amazon’s responses in a February 2026 letter that repeated his call to end Familiar Faces.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
2 June 2026
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The White House repeated a statement from Tuesday when asked Wednesday about Tillis’ comments.—
Kevin Breuninger,
CNBC,
3 June 2026
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Some version of this process, repeated for many of the subjects, led people to activism, whether through art, volunteer work, protest, or sometimes all three.—
Liz Tracey,
JSTOR Daily,
3 June 2026
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The company has outlined a goal of reaching a 15% operating margin by 2029, up from roughly 12% today, though Smith suggested there could be additional upside beyond that target.—
Alexa LoMonaco,
CNBC,
1 June 2026
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By then, analysts outlined how the NDAA’s provision to arm Iraq with equivalent systems could ultimately scupper any Kurdish acquisition, or at least delay it indefinitely.—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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The bitter contest for Washington’s mayor has replicated the Democrats’ central ideological struggle.—
Idrees Kahloon,
The Atlantic,
1 June 2026
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Engineers have replicated this talent using specialized adhesive materials inspired by the microscopic structures found on gecko feet.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
1 June 2026
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Amid skepticism from students and faculty, California State University officials renewed a controversial systemwide contract with ChatGPT developer OpenAI earlier this month.—
Tarini Mehta,
Sacbee.com,
29 May 2026
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Hockey drama Off Campus was renewed for a second season before lovers Hannah (Ella Bright) and Garrett (Belmont Cameli) even puckered up onscreen.—
Kenneal Patterson,
Vanity Fair,
29 May 2026
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