reprised

verb

past tense of reprise
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 In 2017, Ford reprised his role as Rick Deckard in Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049, starring alongside Ryan Gosling. — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2026 Original Superfans Wendt and Smigel reprised their roles that night. — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2026 DiCanio has reprised his role on defense, moved to right guard on offense and has become the long snapper too. — Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026 Also new, the Venantia collection reprised the codes of the Diane design but in slender proportions, while the Apolloni line inspired by an 18th-century travel bag expanded to include a luxe leather weekender. — Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026 Lohan reprised her role as Freaky Friday’s Anna Coleman in 2025 sequel Freakier Friday opposite co-star Jamie Lee Curtis, but that feature had Nisha Ganatra in the director’s chair. — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 28 Sep. 2026 The actor also reprised the character for six episodes of Heroes Reborn. — Megan Vick, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2026 The following year, Ricci reprised the role, starring in the eight-episode limited series The Lizzie Borden Chronicles. — Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2026 Lillard reprised his role as Stu Macher in this year’s Scream 7 despite the controversy. — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reprised
  1. summarized
  2. repeated
  3. outlined
  4. replicated
  5. renewed
Verb
  • The note summarized a cybercrime campaign in which three open-source AI agents allegedly worked together to breach at least 27 organizations and take more than 600,000 credit card records from two of them.
    — Joshua Hong, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Each story gets summarized into a sentence or two accompanied by a link to the source for those seeking more information.
    — Joel Feder, The Drive, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of summarized
Verb
  • When isolated issues in other states occur, even if proved untrue, the intense and repeated national media attention on them shakes voter confidence here at home.
    — Heather LaMarre, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The researchers repeated this process dozens of times for both the cysteine and zinc proteases.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of repeated
Verb
  • In his annual threat update at MI5 headquarters in London, Sir Ken McCallum outlined the growing challenges facing the country, from hostile foreign governments and terrorism to the potential misuse of AI.
    — Tucker Reals, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Last month, Apollo Chief Economist Torsten Slok even outlined a possible bank run scenario caused by AI.
    — Hugh Son,Laya Neelakandan,Leslie Picker,Ritika Shah, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of outlined
Verb
  • Efthymiou has also been trying to get a mouse-model study underway where the NCBRS genetic mutations are replicated in mice and studied.
    — Deepa Fernandes, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026
  • But what if the Christmas card campaign unintentionally replicated a specific individual?
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of replicated
Verb
  • Despite the fact that the brand was receiving better reviews and creating more buzz recently, speculation had been swirling for months that Leoni’s contract may not be renewed.
    — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Workers with job-specific knowledge and skills can also take exams to earn certifications and licenses, which usually expire and must be renewed.
    — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of renewed

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“Reprised.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reprised. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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