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replied

VERB

answer

Synonyms

STRONGEST

acknowledge come back counter react respond retort

STRONG

echo feedback reciprocate rejoin retaliate return riposte squelch top

WEAK

be in touch field the question get back to shoot back write back

Antonyms

STRONGEST

question request

Example Sentences

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Panish replied: “You never once said you were sorry before you came just now after the jury awarded the money against your wife, did you, sir?”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

He was asked if anything of that nature had ever happened, in any circumstances – to which he replied: "Never. Not ever."

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

No, she replied, describing instead how they “went crazy on the whiteboard” while Gates’s staff hovered outside the door.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Asked by Panish whether his wife killed the brothers, Peter Grossman replied, “My wife was involved in the accident ... I don’t particularly care for the word ‘kills.’”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

“You can just think of someone else,” my aunt replied.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney