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reprise

[ri-prahyz, ruh-preez] / rɪˈpraɪz, rəˈpriz /
NOUN
recapitulation
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Marsden is among the original “X-Men” actors set to reprise their roles in the upcoming “Avengers: Doomsday.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

The National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art, venue for the fashion show being held later on Thursday, will also host a reprise of the famous 1985 museum exhibition by Lagerfeld.

From Barron's Jul. 9, 2026

She agreed, tickled to reprise her role again.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 24, 2026

Ned Dennehy and Packy Lee are set to reprise their roles from the series, and Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man.

From BBC Jun. 11, 2026

It had been decades since a White House Victory Garden had been planted, on Eleanor Roosevelt’s watch, and no one seemed much interested in a reprise.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

Holland reprises his role as Peter Parker and his superhero alter-ego in the latest instalment, while Zendaya plays his onscreen love interest, MJ.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

Fans entering Burke’s show were greeted by a casket and guest book, where they could pay condolences to a character Burke sometimes reprises in his performances and music videos.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 16, 2026

Anya Taylor-Joy reprises her role as Princess Peach, and Wednesday star Luis Guzmán plays Wart - the main enemy from 1988 NES game Super Mario Bros 2.

From BBC Apr. 1, 2026

Australia's Samara Weaving reprises her starring role in the sequel, which sees her forced once again to run a gauntlet, this time against multiple families.

From Barron's Mar. 22, 2026

This rumbling, turbid, angry little rivulet, flows through evergreens and flowering underwood, and is crossed a plusieures reprises, by logs thrown from rock to rock.

From Domestic Manners of the Americans by Fanny Trollope

The north London club have reprised their famous yellow for this season's third strip, with a kit reminiscent of away shirts worn by Arsenal players during the late 1980s.

From BBC Aug. 9, 2026

Hottle reprised the role in the 2024 follow-up, “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

She reprised the show on Broadway two decades later, but for the latest iteration, presented by Lincoln Center Theater off-Broadway, Ms. Goldberg is staying offstage.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

According to TMZ, external, the actor also reprised his role from The Wedding Singer by performing his own "humorous yet touching" song at Friday's ceremony.

From BBC Jul. 4, 2026

The bathers passed and reprised with little concern, while the corpse continued extended on the shore, not twenty yards from the Steine.

From Beaux and Belles of England Mrs. Mary Robinson, Written by Herself, With the lives of the Duchesses of Gordon and Devonshire by Mary Robinson

Fans cheered for the return of the Jonas Brothers reprising their original Disney roles in “Camp Rock 3.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 15, 2026

The English actress is having a blockbuster year, between reprising her breakout role and starring in Spielberg’s ‘Disclosure Day.’

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 4, 2026

Even with all four main players from the original cast reprising their roles, and Aline Brosh McKenna and David Frankel returning to write and direct, respectively, none of this merit was guaranteed.

From Salon May 1, 2026

The trailer showed a fight between Gambit and Shang-Chi, played by Channing Tatum and Simu Liu respectively, and Patrick Stewart reprising his role as X-Men's Professor Xavier.

From BBC Apr. 17, 2026

"Then through here—" Miss Avery continued passing and reprising through the hall.

From Howards End by E. M. (Edward Morgan) Forster




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