action replay

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action replay

noun action replays

  1. In TV broadcasting, the reshowing of a short segment of action, especially slow-motion sporting action, shortly after it was broadcast live or in real-time.
  2. An event that seems to repeat something that has happened before. Gordon Brown's predicament is an action replay of the last days of John Major, and then some.

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noun In TV broadcasting, the re-showing of a short segment of action

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DeutschVideowiederholung, Wiederholung

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@misc{action_replay_2026,
  title = {action replay},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/action%20replay},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}