as in repeat
the act of saying or doing over again
this conversation feels like a replay of the last time we hashed over the subject
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Recent Examples of replay
Now that this replay fantasy has collided with a more complex, indeterminate and difficult reality, Trump is unable to explain his objectives or even give the country a sense of when the war might end.
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Jamelle Bouie, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2026
The stumble lasted barely a handful of seconds — and most viewers only caught it on replay.
—Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Mar. 2026
Video replays are now inaccessible to officials until the final two minutes of the game, meaning the bench has unseen angles at its disposal.
—Maura Carey, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
When the league introduced replay review in 2014 to cover most plays, the idea was to eliminate egregious mistakes.
—Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
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Jamelle Bouie, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2026
The stumble lasted barely a handful of seconds — and most viewers only caught it on replay.
—Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Mar. 2026
Video replays are now inaccessible to officials until the final two minutes of the game, meaning the bench has unseen angles at its disposal.
—Maura Carey, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
When the league introduced replay review in 2014 to cover most plays, the idea was to eliminate egregious mistakes.
—Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for replay
Noun
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Each of the 8 years in this Venus-cycle (known and important to ancient civilizations such as the Mayans and Babylonians) has its own particular pattern, so 2026 repeats (within about 2 or 3 days of the same date) the phenomena of 2018.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
3 Apr. 2026
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The following summer, the California Independent System Operator narrowly avoided a repeat when high temperatures blanketed nearly the entire state for days.—
Rob Nikolewski,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
Noun
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What is exhausted is repetition without thought.—
Manuela Moscoso,
Artforum,
2 Apr. 2026
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The repetition doesn’t conjure stasis so much as the struggle to find a way forward.—
Stephen Thomas Erlewine,
Pitchfork,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Replay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/replay. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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