Thesaurus results for REPLAYS

replays

noun

plural of replay

as in repeats

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 replays But replays showed Washington stepped out of bounds at the Bengals 48. — ABC News, 4 Oct. 2026 Thomas defenders maintained that slow-motion replays and freeze frames made an accidental collision appear deliberate. — Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026 Highlights and replays are also available on the lottery's YouTube channel. — Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026 In this case, Donohue would have asked the replay operator, employed by the company Hawk-Eye, to show him replays from side-on — in this case, the cameras level with the 18-yard line and the goal line. — Graham Scott, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026 These things work both ways, but the replays can lead to overthinking, and over analysis of real-time baseball plays. — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 6 Sep. 2026 The motor coach features food, match replays, charging and hospitality. — Merlisa Lawrence Corbett, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026 Slow-motion replays showed the Argentine striker using his hand to punch the ball past goalkeeper Peter Shilton, but the referee didn’t see the foul. — George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 24 Aug. 2026 The Des Moines Register will live stream each speech and post replays on its YouTube channel. — Brian Smith, Des Moines Register, 21 Aug. 2026

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But the turquoise colour works and the background design is distinctive and well-thought out, alternating between repeats of the club’s badge and the Rosebay Willowherb, which is London’s historical county flower.

— Nick Miller, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Big, bold shapes also had a moment on the step and repeats this week.

— Christian Allaire, Vogue, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of repeats

Noun

Lee’s lines have the intimacy and metaphysical heft of prayer; their elegant recursions and repetitions call to mind the cycles of life, death, and rebirth.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
The story’s language is incantatory, with repetitions that echo the passing scenery.

— Anna Mebel, JSTOR Daily, 17 Sep. 2026

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