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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2
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
Keaton reprised her role in 1974's The Godfather Part II, which was also a triumph and won Best Picture.
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Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Oct. 2025
Keaton reprised her role in 1974’s The Godfather Part II, which was also a triumph and won Best Picture.
—Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
Born in Tunisia and based in Dubai, the emerging talent and previous founder of shoe brand Pupchen reprised the playful and eccentric vibe of her former venture and instilled it into the spring 2026 range.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2025
The comedian recently reprised his role as pro golfer Gary Potter in Happy Gilmore 2, produces and hosts digital series Hiking with Kevin, and actively tours his stand-up globally.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 7 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
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
Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Oct. 2025
Keaton reprised her role in 1974’s The Godfather Part II, which was also a triumph and won Best Picture.
—Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
Born in Tunisia and based in Dubai, the emerging talent and previous founder of shoe brand Pupchen reprised the playful and eccentric vibe of her former venture and instilled it into the spring 2026 range.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2025
The comedian recently reprised his role as pro golfer Gary Potter in Happy Gilmore 2, produces and hosts digital series Hiking with Kevin, and actively tours his stand-up globally.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 7 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
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
Verb
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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
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Desplat also summarized the essence of the story and the film.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Oct. 2025
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At the gubernatorial debate, Spanberger repeated her condemnation of the messages but refused to retract her endorsement of Jones, saying Jones is running his own race and voters should decide what to do with the information.—
Margaret Barthel,
NPR,
16 Oct. 2025
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After going 1 for 7 in the first two games of the NL Championship Series, that quote was repeated to Ohtani during the Japanese portion of one of his infrequent media sessions on Wednesday afternoon.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
16 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Forest’s financial position is outlined in more detail here, but in short, they are estimated to be on the wrong side of these financial rulings.—
Paul Taylor,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Delco said the company has already eliminated more than $20 million costs this quarter, of the $100 million outlined in the plan, and anticipates most of the impact to be seen in 2026.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
15 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Real Beauty in Real things Beauty can’t be replicated.—
Donnetta Monk,
Essence,
9 Oct. 2025
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China’s open-source DeepSeek model replicated frontier American models’ capabilities cheaper while using older chips.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Jensen Ackles is sharing his reaction to the news that Countdown was not renewed at Amazon’s Prime Video for a second season.—
Carly Thomas,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Oct. 2025
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Beast Games has already been renewed for a second season.—
Chris Quintana,
USA Today,
12 Oct. 2025
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“Reprised.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reprised. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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