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present tense third-person singular of reply
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as in responds
to act or behave in response (as to a stimulus or influence) replied to the news that she had won the scholarship by jumping around the room and cheering

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noun

plural of reply

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Recent Examples of replies
Verb
The automation should end when the customer replies, books, declines, becomes unqualified or needs a decision from a person. — Michael Fox, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026 The video then shows Duff taking off her earpiece and saying something to her bandmate, who replies with an unsure gesture. — Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026 Thomas comments with three lovestruck emojis, and Kerstin replies with two. — William Finnegan, New Yorker, 29 June 2026 Abbass plays a housewife named Aida who replies to a casting call for extras to make ends meet. — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 14 May 2026 But Eunice only replies that the chairwoman is excited to work with him and Ashley on the wellness center. — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026 Maddy replies that Cassie might currently just be a big fish in a small pond. — Radhika Seth, Vogue, 9 Apr. 2026 O'Brien replies with a surprised smile, before being led to his new office at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. — Sharareh Drury, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Mar. 2026 The voice that replies, however, is not that of his wife but rather an impoverished young woman who has entered the medium’s caravan to steal food. — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 1 Jan. 2026
Noun
Similar comments, and rebuttals, appear in numerous replies to Netflix's posting about the casting on Instagram. — ABC News, 4 Oct. 2026 Similar comments, and rebuttals, appear in numerous replies to Netflix’s posting about the casting on Instagram. — Peter Smith, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026 Musk has no involvement in the film, and recently let his thoughts be known about Gibney’s work in a series of replies on X, his own social media platform. — Jack Dunn, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026 Her video also gained attention on X, where users sounded off in quote-tweets and replies, boosting the tweet to over 9 million views in three days. — Owen Carry, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026 The comment sections under his music videos on YouTube and the replies on social media are filled with comments in a range of languages, suggesting that Vaundy’s global presence has been growing on the strength of the songs alone. — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 18 Sep. 2026 Compared to Apple's older versions of Siri, users can reply to the assistant's replies, making the software feel more conversational. — Kif Leswing, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026 Within minutes, replies starting pouring in, including one from Evan Hubinger, another guy at Anthropic charged with making sure AI doesn’t destroy everyone. — Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026 Williamson pushed back after Patel mistakenly thought the post had 227,000 replies. — Joseph Konig, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for replies
Verb
  • Vonnegut responds News of what happened in Drake spread quickly in the press.
    — Susan Farrell, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2026
  • In his telling, the adjustment is learning how his body responds when one hard stint leads into another.
    — C.J. Holmes, New York Daily News, 1 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Privacy risks continue when someone answers the call There is also another person in the conversation.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The research answers the long-standing question of why galaxies don't have more stars.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Investigators then measured the strength of their antibody responses against different strains.
    — Jason MastOct. 5, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Mobile messaging relies on push notifications, driving rapid, instinctive responses before an employee’s critical thinking kicks in.
    — Firas Azmeh, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • How the gelatin-yeast mix reacts to this is yet to be tested.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026
  • The player not chosen to be a Traitor reacts to whether the fix was always in on the selection.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Previous peels, microneedling, IPL, lasers, or other cosmetic procedures, including dates and reactions.
    — Malana VanTyler, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Prior to that time, Kennedy’s able to rely on behind-the-scenes footage from the Rust production, as well as footage from the interrogation and press reactions in the aftermath of the accidental shooting.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026

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“Replies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/replies. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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