reprises 1 of 2

plural of reprise
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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verb

present tense third-person singular of reprise

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Recent Examples of reprises
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. — 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
Wizz talent Clotet directs with Celia Giraldo and Sara Fantova, and reprises her title role as Marianna, next to Marcel Borras as Samuel. — Annika Pham, Variety, 26 Oct. 2026 After Holmes reports to prison, Amanda Seyfried, who won an Emmy for playing Holmes in Hulu’s The Dropout, reprises the role in reenactments of moments that couldn’t be caught on camera. — Andrew McGowan, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2026 Hodges reprises Orazio’s chiaroscuro — the interplay of light and shade — in the sculptural folds of the drapery to equally foreboding effect. — Tara Anne Dalbow, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026 The Munich flagship reprises some of its key materials, including Venetian terrazzo for the flooring, blanc cassé plaster and white terracotta decorations for the walls, as well as wood and iron for furniture. — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2026 Pitt reprises his role as stunt double Booth from Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, the 2019 Sony Pictures hit that Tarantino wrote and directed, with Leonardo DiCaprio co-starring in the initial movie as Western icon Rick Dalton. — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026 But the John Wick lead will star opposite Don Lee (aka Ma Dong-seok), who reprises his role from the original as crime boss Jang Dong-su. — Justin Kroll, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2026 More than a decade after Victorious wrapped on Nickelodeon, Monet reprises her role as the over-the-top performer on Netflix’s new spinoff series, Hollywood Arts. — Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 19 Oct. 2026 The Dropout The Hulu series looms large over the whole documentary, and not just because Seyfried reprises her role as Holmes in it. — Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 16 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reprises
Noun
  • If this does happen, the same process from above repeats but only with the cluster of teams selected.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The channel currently airs archival programmes and our members are paid for these repeats.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • In the excerpt below, Cope summarizes their stark differences — and even more striking similarities.
    — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Because this was a scoping review, which summarizes existing research rather than testing a treatment directly, the researchers could not make clinical recommendations or fully assess the risk of bias.
    — Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • In that sense, New Stanford replicates an ancient form of patriarchal bias that casts men as the norm and women as an atypical other.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Researchers at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have developed a robotic arm that replicates aspects of human touch perception.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Perform 5 to 10 repetitions of whichever variation is appropriate for you.
    — Dana Santas, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2026
  • With Dru Smith sidelined by a calf strain sustained during training camp, Larsson had wound up taking repetitions at point guard, including during that preseason-opening victory over the Raptors.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Read on for a snapshot of the risks Anthropic outlines in its IPO.
    — Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026
  • City outlines restrictions on camera use In its statement, the city said officers must enter an offense type and associated case number when conducting historical ALPR searches as part of investigations.
    — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The lawsuit renews scrutiny of Epstein’s New Mexico operations, which went uncharged as authorities repeatedly deferred to investigations elsewhere, according to a state commission report.
    — Susan Montoya Bryan, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026
  • After the initial year, the subscription automatically renews at the then-current rate.
    — Camila Quimper, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2026

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“Reprises.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reprises. Accessed 1 Nov. 2026.

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