How to Use playback in a Sentence

playback

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  • The band listened to a playback of their first recording.
  • Each earbud has a touch pad that can control calls and sound playback.
    Jim Rossman, Dallas News, 1 Oct. 2020
  • Background playback has been rolling out in pockets for about a week now — your access may be yet to come.
    Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 2 Oct. 2024
  • The battery life is impressive, too, with up to 35 hours of playback time.
    Isabelle Kagan, USA TODAY, 2 July 2020
  • The company says a 10-minute charge should result in roughly five hours of playback time.
    Jeff Dunn, Ars Technica, 6 Aug. 2020
  • During the playback, there will be a gray Netflix Party box for text chatting.
    Boone Ashworth, Wired, 4 July 2020
  • The three tools coming out include a trimming tool, a playback speed adjusters and an auto-enhance option.
    Ewan Spence, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
  • While the singer listened, Sands inadvertently switched the playback to mono.
    Brian McCollum, Freep.com, 12 July 2020
  • Recording and saving those signals for later playback is not the same as uploading your consciousness.
    Adam Rogers, Wired, 4 Sep. 2020
  • The Beats Solo 3 are capable of a little more than 40 hours of playback.
    Benjamin Levin, CNN Underscored, 2 Sep. 2020
  • Its main attraction is 8 GB of storage with 35 hours of audio playback.
    Popular Science, 7 Aug. 2020
  • Our returning top pick is a high-quality tracker with a slew of extras, including song playback and news and weather info.
    Anthony Marcusa, chicagotribune.com, 4 Aug. 2020
  • Users get cutting-edge cameras that deliver detailed scenes and richer portraits, extended hours of video playback, brighter screens and more memory.
    Allure, 16 Sep. 2024
  • Castro also gives you the option to trim silences, adjust the playback speed, enhance voices, and even skip intros to keep that marathon listening sesh moving.
    Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 21 Sep. 2020
  • Users can easily stream Amazon Music from their phones to their smart glasses and can control playback using the touchpad controls on the right temple of the glasses.
    Fairchild Studio, WWD, 18 Sep. 2024
  • Should the headphones completely die at an inopportune time, Bang & Olufsen says a five-minute charge will deliver an additional five hours of playback.
    Andrew Liszewski, The Verge, 3 Sep. 2024
  • Get up to 30hours of playback time on a quick two-hour recharge.
    Tim Chan, Billboard, 22 Apr. 2021
  • In the end, the final cut is a mixture of playback and live.
    Scott Neustadter, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 June 2023
  • Plus, while the iPhone 14 Pro Max is rated to last for 29 hours of video playback.
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2022
  • Tap that button, and the video will resume playback on the big screen.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 4 Dec. 2021
  • All the songs have been shot live and the sound of the original takes has been used, without playback.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 17 Sep. 2021
  • Tap on the mini player to get playback controls, or drag it down to the X at the bottom of the screen.
    David Nield, Popular Science, 5 July 2023
  • The case can deliver a 15-minute fast charge that gives four hours of playback time.
    Brad Moon, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2022
  • Amelie Arena was scheduled to host the playback on April 14.
    Lars Brandle, Billboard, 2 Apr. 2024
  • And watching the playback with three friends was awkward.
    Billboard Staff, Billboard, 24 Feb. 2021
  • When Quavo finished recording the song and was ready for playback, the clock had struck 11:11.
    Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 28 July 2023
  • Do a quick five-minute charge to get another three hours of playback.
    Christine Persaud, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2021
  • Even a 30-second charge is enough for three hours of music, a two-hour call, or an hour of video playback.
    Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Press the bottom once to control playback, as well as to answer or end calls.
    PCMAG, 14 June 2024
  • As for the marathon battery life promise, Lenovo claims up to 28 hours of video playback.
    Matthew Buzzi, PCMAG, 28 Feb. 2022
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2 of 2 verb
  • But has yet to play back-to-back games in the outfield.
    Evan Grant, Dallas News, 25 June 2021
  • The switch in sites means the Bills will play back-to-back games in Detroit.
    John Wawrow, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Nov. 2022
  • The fact that he’s now been able to play back to backs is a great sign for us.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2023
  • One top hack, Hunter says, is to play back any keywords mentioned in the job ad.
    Mark C. Perna, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2021
  • Some teams like to play back-to-back games on the opposite coast and spend a practice week on the road.
    Josh Dubow, ajc, 13 May 2021
  • An audio recorder captures the sounds in the nest, which the zoo will play back to the eggs in the incubator.
    Emily Anthes, New York Times, 16 May 2023
  • In the regular season, teams may play back-to-back nights.
    Dallas News, 12 Apr. 2022
  • The user would repeat this process to record a sequence of events that the Unimate could play back.
    IEEE Spectrum, 30 Aug. 2022
  • He was flagged for pass interference on his first play back in the game.
    Fox News, 15 Oct. 2023
  • The reel also looks to the future, as new looks at its upcoming Phase 4 play back-to-back.
    Ale Russian, PEOPLE.com, 3 May 2021
  • Half the movie plays back in reverse, an amazing budget hack.
    Rachel Handler, Vulture, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Gypsy Rose Blanchard has spent eight years in prison, at times playing back the events of June 2015 in her mind over and over again.
    Janine Rubenstein, Peoplemag, 27 Dec. 2023
  • The switch in sites means the Bills will play back-to-back games in Detroit, since they're scheduled to play the Lions on Thanksgiving.
    CBS News, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Friday's final part of the Sister Wives Talk Back special played back some of the highs and lows of season 18.
    Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 30 Dec. 2023
  • If the music is going to be played back on speakers, at least two are needed, but the more speakers, the better the sound field.
    Qi “peter” Li, IEEE Spectrum, 10 Sep. 2022
  • These give them the ability to play back high-quality media from the likes of Netflix and Disney+.
    Dave Leclair, PCMAG, 12 May 2023
  • As if to build a case in court, the series then plays back all of the times Winbush ignored Team Hoorae’s advice in a lengthy flashback montage.
    Daniel D'addario, Variety, 10 July 2023
  • Boli scored in the first minute of stoppage time as a ball played back perfectly from Asprilla found his left foot, and the ball struck the back of the net as Boli was falling to the ground.
    oregonlive, 1 Apr. 2023
  • But both of them started playing back to the crowd, swatting the crowd away and antagonizing them.
    EW.com, 6 Nov. 2023
  • In their first play back on the field, Rising found Kincaid’s sure hands for a 30-yard gain and excellent field position.
    Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Oct. 2022
  • Maybe equally because players aren’t in top condition to play back-to-back games.
    Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 5 Aug. 2020
  • On the second drive, Levis exited the game briefly after getting banged up on a first-down run … then had a pass picked off at the UGA 2-yard line on his first play back.
    The Courier-Journal, 20 Nov. 2022
  • The two went back and forth on their differing opinions regarding the details of their final date, to the point producers had to play back parts of the footage.
    Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2024
  • They would be played back to back with no spectators and limited media.
    Gerald Marzorati, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2024
  • The Ultra can play back content locally from a USB drive, such as a flash drive or external hard drive.
    Geoffrey Morrison, wsj.com, 9 Nov. 2023
  • On his first play back, James caught a pass in the corner opposite his bench and drilled a three-pointer, landing without putting any weight on his right foot.
    Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2021
  • But with restrictions on whether Davis can play back-to-backs, that’s obviously harder to do.
    Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2023
  • And anyone who tries to predict what’s going to happen over the next five years is going to look a bit silly when that prediction is played back.
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Oct. 2023
  • That’s where their season ended — two wins shy of a national semifinal to be played back in Houston.
    Dave Skretta, ajc, 25 Mar. 2023
  • During the investigation, the man played back the video recording of the alleged incident, according to state police.
    Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 23 Feb. 2024

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