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
Selleck briefly reprised his role as Jed in 2005.
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Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 17 May 2026
Damon, the evening's host, reprised his role as the Supreme Court justice in the cold open.
—Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 10 May 2026
Saturday Night Live guest host Matt Damon reprised his role as Supreme Court justice Brett Kavanaugh, who reveals to drinking buddies Pete Hegseth and Kash Patel what Donald Trump‘s political future will look like.
—William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 10 May 2026
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
Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 17 May 2026
Damon, the evening's host, reprised his role as the Supreme Court justice in the cold open.
—Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 10 May 2026
Saturday Night Live guest host Matt Damon reprised his role as Supreme Court justice Brett Kavanaugh, who reveals to drinking buddies Pete Hegseth and Kash Patel what Donald Trump‘s political future will look like.
—William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 10 May 2026
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
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What The Mole’s Hunting Apparatus Teaches Us As Catania summarized in a 2011 review in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, the star-nosed mole has become one of neuroscience’s most instructive model systems precisely because its specialization is so extreme.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
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Researchers used the Amazon reviews of a handful of electronic products, which were then summarized by several large language models (LLMs), including those based on Google’s Gemini and OpenAI’s ChatGPT.—
Roy Stephen Canivel,
Footwear News,
19 May 2026
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However, its clear, three-syllable song, often repeated during the breeding season, is easy to remember.—
Christopher Gangemi,
New Yorker,
21 May 2026
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Her plan includes many of the demands Palisades residents have repeated for months at community events and on social media, such as keeping city reservoirs full during fire season and clearing flammable brush from the surrounding wildlands.—
Noah Haggerty,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2026
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Chief executive officer of Kering Luca de Meo outlined a plan for the Italian luxury label’s next chapter during the group’s Capital Markets Day in Florence.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
18 May 2026
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The Times outlined that their rental agreement covers the main house plus two cottages on the grounds, which are used by staff.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
18 May 2026
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Even with extra costs added for post-production, the multiples were out of this world and have practically never been replicated at that scale.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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Back to my Taylor Sheirdan example, none of those wannabe Yellowstone shows have been as good, because his unique voice can’t be replicated.—
Derek Lawrence,
HollywoodReporter,
17 May 2026
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Capton and Li renewed the partnership giving speeches at an awards ceremony hosted by Variety‘s Executive Editor of International, Elsa Keslassy, and former Cannes Film Festival president Pierre Lescure.—
Ben Croll,
Variety,
15 May 2026
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The show has already been renewed for a second season.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
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“Reprised.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reprised. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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