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reply

[ri-plahy] / rɪˈplaɪ /




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“Ope! Was hoping to make a Costco run,” some dad would inevitably reply.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

When asked whether she would ever consider switching brands, her reply is a reminder of an old Hindi ad jingle, "If it's salt, it has to be Tata."

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

OpenAI didn’t reply to MarketWatch’s request for comment on the numbers cited in the Financial Times report.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

“We text. We make decisions quickly. Do not reply all on a 30-person email for two weeks. Don’t go to a meeting you shouldn’t go to.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

“Okay, but I want to tell you something…” I reply.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

“That was unintended,” he replies, only digging himself in deeper when he explains that, like plumbers or electricians, he was there to do a job.

From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026

Maybe “what I do,” Chris replies, “is a little worse.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

When Suvorova confronts her mother after finding the catalog, her mother replies: “Everyone was doing it.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

“No, that concert blew me away,” Harrison replies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

“Intermediate school,” Auntie Nina replies, shaking her head.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila

I asked Rauh by email if he thought the campaign’s treatment of his estimates was proper; he replied that “it’s completely appropriate for public discourse and conclusions to cite the central scenario.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

“Walk away,” the Ukrainian contact replied, then: “I’m waiting for a message that you’ve left.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Asked by reporters Tuesday where she had passed the bar exam, Zacharia replied: "When I moved to China," without identifying any jurisdiction where she was licensed.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

"Criticised for what?" replied Maresca when asked for his response to City's celebrations being questioned by pundits and the media.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

‘You’re not meant to be talking,’ Hannie replied, but in a softer voice than she’d used earlier.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

I realized that replying to complicated requests or problems in anger or haste was never smart, so I kept his rule to slow my response time down eight hours for future correspondence.

From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026

Share them at [email protected] or by replying to this email.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

She has since stopped replying to messages from AFP.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

Timothée Chalamet's collab with EsDeeKid went viral, with British rapper Central Cee replying "Naaa"

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

Instead of replying, he continued to relate the plan for my release.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela


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