as in remembering
to experience (something) again in your imagination
an athlete trying to relive his glory days He would sometimes relive the battle in his dreams.
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Recent Examples of reliving
The book tells the story of a woman who blames herself for her parents' death and who becomes a client of a group that offers the experience of reliving the death of another person.
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Danielle Parker, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
Testifying at her own trial had been an excruciating exercise, Wilkens told me, not only because describing the abuse meant reliving it.
—Pamela Colloff, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026
Perhaps the only thing better than winning a title is reliving it.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 23 Mar. 2026
Both Theresa and Vanessa talk to EW about reliving the show.
—Sarah Hearon, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Mar. 2026
But after spending time visiting his family in Louisiana last year, reliving childhood memories of watching his mother and aunts in the kitchen, the idea once again entered his head.
—Eddie Fontanez, AZCentral.com, 7 Mar. 2026
The Kodak Ektar Reusable H35 Half Frame Film Camera gives photos a cool, vintage look that makes reliving the trip genuinely fun, like rediscovering memories instead of scrolling past them.
—Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 15 Feb. 2026
Unfortunately for the Sweden international, Spurs fans have no intention of reliving any of their domestic performances last season, so a brilliant goal has been scrubbed from memory.
—Jay Harris, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026
Think of reliving moments at the Plaza Sundae from Home Alone 2 or wallowing in Churchill-era glamour at London’s Savoy Hotel.
—Alex Ledsom, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Danielle Parker, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
Testifying at her own trial had been an excruciating exercise, Wilkens told me, not only because describing the abuse meant reliving it.
—Pamela Colloff, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026
Perhaps the only thing better than winning a title is reliving it.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 23 Mar. 2026
Both Theresa and Vanessa talk to EW about reliving the show.
—Sarah Hearon, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Mar. 2026
But after spending time visiting his family in Louisiana last year, reliving childhood memories of watching his mother and aunts in the kitchen, the idea once again entered his head.
—Eddie Fontanez, AZCentral.com, 7 Mar. 2026
The Kodak Ektar Reusable H35 Half Frame Film Camera gives photos a cool, vintage look that makes reliving the trip genuinely fun, like rediscovering memories instead of scrolling past them.
—Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 15 Feb. 2026
Unfortunately for the Sweden international, Spurs fans have no intention of reliving any of their domestic performances last season, so a brilliant goal has been scrubbed from memory.
—Jay Harris, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026
Think of reliving moments at the Plaza Sundae from Home Alone 2 or wallowing in Churchill-era glamour at London’s Savoy Hotel.
—Alex Ledsom, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reliving
remembering
Verb
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Struggle with remembering all your passwords in an increasingly digital world?—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2026
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But nothing is more important than remembering there’s life outside the spectacle.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Reliving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reliving. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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