Rerun

Definitions

1. An act or instance of rerunning; a repetition.
2. A television program shown after its initial presentation, particularly many weeks after its initial presentation; a repeat.
   US
3. Another printing run (impression; batch of copies of a given edition) of a book, cartoon, etc.
4. A political candidate who holds the same political agenda or doctrine as a past or incumbent holder of a given political office.
5. A second or subsequent run of a computer program.

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Examples

“Even some strong supporters of leaving the UK worry⟳ that an early re-run would be doomed to failure.”

“The central concern⟳ that runs through The Technology Trap⟳ is that, unless we are very careful, our latest technological revolution may well turn⟳ out to be a tumultuous rerun⟳ of the Industrial Revolution, with dire social and political consequences.”

“I'm not a fan of the new Simpsons episodes, but the old reruns have⟳ me in stitches, although I've seen them countless times.”

“Each rerun⟳ of the algorithm takes several minutes.”

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