as in to remember
to experience (something) again in your imagination an athlete trying to relive his glory days He would sometimes relive the battle in his dreams.
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Recent Examples of relive The cause of the time loop is suitably tragic, and forces O'Neill to relive some of his own trauma. —
Daryl Baxter, Space.com, 14 Apr. 2026 What appears to be a bouncy, silly romp about a slightly surreal situation (Murray plays Phil, a weatherman reliving the same day over and over) is, at its core, actually quite deep. —Debby Wolfinsohn, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Apr. 2026 The Yard Goats said Davis will relive a piece of her historic 2014 run by throwing the ceremonial first pitch to Scott Bandura, her catcher during the Little League World Series and longtime best friend. —Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 9 Apr. 2026 What makes these memories so unlike phone storage, and especially relevant here, is that recalling a memory means the brain must partially relive it. —Tim Requarth, Longreads, 9 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for relive
Daryl Baxter, Space.com, 14 Apr. 2026 What appears to be a bouncy, silly romp about a slightly surreal situation (Murray plays Phil, a weatherman reliving the same day over and over) is, at its core, actually quite deep. —Debby Wolfinsohn, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Apr. 2026 The Yard Goats said Davis will relive a piece of her historic 2014 run by throwing the ceremonial first pitch to Scott Bandura, her catcher during the Little League World Series and longtime best friend. —Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 9 Apr. 2026 What makes these memories so unlike phone storage, and especially relevant here, is that recalling a memory means the brain must partially relive it. —Tim Requarth, Longreads, 9 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for relive
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Reasonableness, like tolerance, is best seen as a convention of restraint, sustained because everyone remembers, however vaguely, what happens when the treaty collapses.— Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
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This is a blueberry recipe to remember.— Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 20 Apr. 2026
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Current and former campers, educators and camp staff are invited to explore the camp and reminisce about their days at Walden West.— Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2026
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The in-person celebrations offered a rare opportunity for fans around the country to reunite and reminisce over their childhood love for the show, which aired before social media was a prominent part of people’s everyday lives.— Angela Yang, NBC news, 26 Mar. 2026
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