repost

verb

re·​post (ˌ)rē-ˈpōst How to pronounce repost (audio)
reposted; reposting; reposts

transitive + intransitive

: to post (something) again
repost a message
repost an article
… a measurement of how many users repost or comment on another user's post.Samuel Kay et al.
repost noun
plural reposts

Examples of repost in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Rehan was already in a group chat of around 20 Swifties whose initial purpose was to share GoFundMes for Palestinian families so that everyone in the group could repost them, reaching all of their followers. Jessica M. Goldstein, Washington Post, 21 June 2024 This change falls in line with Musk’s broader vision for X to conceal likes and reposts more broadly. Maxwell Zeff / Gizmodo, Quartz, 23 May 2024 The account has posted on X only 85 times, the vast majority of them reposts about movies over two days in February. Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 9 Mar. 2024 Instagram has apparently had enough of aggregator accounts that exist solely to repost someone else's content. Joe Hindy, PCMAG, 1 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for repost 

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Word History

First Known Use

1864, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of repost was in 1864

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“Repost.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/repost. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.

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