: the act or action or an instance of rerunning : repetition
especially
: a movie or television show that is rerun
Examples of rerun in a Sentence
Verb
Last week's show is being rerun tomorrow night.
They reran the race, but the result was the same.
He reran the software on my computer.
Noun
She spent her vacation watching summer reruns.
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Jay Paris, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
Users can then rerun the conformal prediction with a higher confidence – say, 95%.
—Ambuj Tewari, The Conversation, 6 Mar. 2025
Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Mar. 2025
The place has a small television on the wall and on Wednesday, it was tuned into a rerun of Barcelona’s Champions League encounter against Benfica from a day prior.
—Pablo Maurer, The Athletic, 13 Mar. 2025
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Verb
Roberts doesn’t expect a first-start rerun from Yamamoto come Tuesday.
—Jay Paris, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
Users can then rerun the conformal prediction with a higher confidence – say, 95%.
—Ambuj Tewari, The Conversation, 6 Mar. 2025
Noun
The sharp-witted and dry humor of the series has helped weave the show’s humor and sensibility into the fabric of American culture, as the series gained second and third lives with nearly constant cable TV reruns airing across several networks for years.
—Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Mar. 2025
The place has a small television on the wall and on Wednesday, it was tuned into a rerun of Barcelona’s Champions League encounter against Benfica from a day prior.
—Pablo Maurer, The Athletic, 13 Mar. 2025
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“Rerun.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rerun. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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rerun
2 of 2 noun
re·run
ˈrē-ˌrən 
(ˈ)rē-ˈrən
1
: the act or action or an instance of rerunning
2
: a television program or movie that is rerun
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