as in repeats
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 summarizes
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 replicates
to make or do again
let us not reprise the stupid mistakes we made last time
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Recent Examples of reprises
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
21 Apr. 2026
O’Casey reprises her role from the stage adaptation which recently completed its West End run.
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Alex Ritman,
Variety,
13 Apr. 2026
The campaign reprises and expands the concept of the collection’s look book images unveiled earlier this year, which saw Michele’s tribe pictured on a bed, mainly sleeping but also occasionally playing the guitar, doing a crossword puzzle, taking selfies or having a snack.
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Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
6 Nov. 2025
Raven Brunner,
PEOPLE,
24 June 2026
The film, directed by Destin Daniel Cretton and written by Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers, stars Holland, who reprises his role as Peter Parker and Zendaya as MJ.
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Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
16 June 2026
Kelly will star in the sequel alongside Sydney Sweeney, who reprises her role as Millie.
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Angeline Jane Bernabe,
ABC News,
11 June 2026
The unit reprises the kitchen concept and references frescoes in Vatican City, where the founders’ grandparents first opened a perfumery in the ‘80s.
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Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
9 June 2026
Boris Karloff reprises his role as Frankenstein's Monster, who tries to evade capture by hunters and learns to speak upon meeting a kind-hearted blind man.
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Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 June 2026
In this follow-up, Charlie Cox reprises his role as Matt Murdock, while Vincent D’Onofrio, Deborah Ann Woll, and Elden Henson are back as Wilson Fisk, Karen Page, and Foggy Nelson, respectively.
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Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
7 Jan. 2025
In George & Mandy's First Marriage, which premiered in October 2024, Jordan reprises his role as Georgie Cooper, Sheldon Cooper's brother.
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Erin Clack,
People.com,
6 Jan. 2025
Christian Kane reprises his role as Jacob Stone.
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Ryan Schwartz,
TVLine,
30 Dec. 2024
Noun
The show’s got love songs, patter songs, a few reprises, a soliloquy, and production numbers with hooky choruses guaranteed to stick in your head.
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Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
21 Apr. 2026
O’Casey reprises her role from the stage adaptation which recently completed its West End run.
—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
13 Apr. 2026
The campaign reprises and expands the concept of the collection’s look book images unveiled earlier this year, which saw Michele’s tribe pictured on a bed, mainly sleeping but also occasionally playing the guitar, doing a crossword puzzle, taking selfies or having a snack.
—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
6 Nov. 2025
Verb
The actress reprises her role as MJ in the upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe movie led by her husband, Tom Holland.
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Raven Brunner,
PEOPLE,
24 June 2026
The film, directed by Destin Daniel Cretton and written by Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers, stars Holland, who reprises his role as Peter Parker and Zendaya as MJ.
—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
16 June 2026
Kelly will star in the sequel alongside Sydney Sweeney, who reprises her role as Millie.
—
Angeline Jane Bernabe,
ABC News,
11 June 2026
The unit reprises the kitchen concept and references frescoes in Vatican City, where the founders’ grandparents first opened a perfumery in the ‘80s.
—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
9 June 2026
Boris Karloff reprises his role as Frankenstein's Monster, who tries to evade capture by hunters and learns to speak upon meeting a kind-hearted blind man.
—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 June 2026
In this follow-up, Charlie Cox reprises his role as Matt Murdock, while Vincent D’Onofrio, Deborah Ann Woll, and Elden Henson are back as Wilson Fisk, Karen Page, and Foggy Nelson, respectively.
—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
7 Jan. 2025
In George & Mandy's First Marriage, which premiered in October 2024, Jordan reprises his role as Georgie Cooper, Sheldon Cooper's brother.
—
Erin Clack,
People.com,
6 Jan. 2025
Christian Kane reprises his role as Jacob Stone.
—
Ryan Schwartz,
TVLine,
30 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reprises
Noun
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This same pattern repeats for Friday, with high temps only reaching to the low 60s right along the ocean and further into the 70s inland towards Paso Robles.
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The pattern repeats; each round prices a thesis that physical AI, not another chatbot, is the next layer worth owning.
Verb
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That pretty much summarizes the film’s plot.
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The tool summarizes conversations across Slack channels, extracting insights from messages, documents and files.
Verb
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The river guides become the architects of a system that replicates their judgment at scale.
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Named the SpiderCam, the prototype from Northwestern University replicates the manner in which the spiders' eyes allow the creatures to gauge distances before making a surprise sideways jump at some unsuspecting victim minding its own business.
Noun
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Complete 10–15 repetitions per leg.
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Aim for three sets of the exercise and keep the repetitions low, around three to five.
Verb
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The Department of Transportation outlines the basic policies in major carriers’ contracts.
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This is the first of those reports, which outlines advocacy objectives for the upcoming fiscal year — one of which is taxpayer identity theft.
Verb
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Your 12th House of Rest and Reflection opens wider as Jupiter arrives, expanding your inner world and asking for generous rest that renews focus.
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Trump added that oil exports from Iran could once again be bottlenecked at the Strait of Hormuz if the United States renews military strikes on Iran.
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“Reprises.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reprises. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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