How to Use playback in a Sentence

playback

1 of 2 noun

• The band listened to a playback of their first recording.
• 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
• 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
• When Quavo finished recording the song and was ready for playback, the clock had struck 11:11.
  — Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 28 July 2023
• 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
• As for the marathon battery life promise, Lenovo claims up to 28 hours of video playback.
  — Matthew Buzzi, PCMAG, 28 Feb. 2022
• Battery life stands at eight hours of straight playback or 32 hours counting case recharges.
  — Chris Welch, The Verge, 31 Aug. 2023
• Apart from being bad for music playback control, the Sonos app is full of features and easy to use.
  — Prakhar Khanna, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
• Using the information stored in the MP3 tags of the music file, the adaptive EQ will vary the tone of the playback to suit the genre of music playing.
  — Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
• This binoculars set comes with 4k video playback and can run up to 5 hours with the infrared feature on.
  — John Thompson, Men's Health, 13 June 2023
• Its bass is quite solid for a speaker of this size and its array of tweeters make for crisp playback.
  — Brad Moon, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
• Nothing claims a ten-minute charge delivers eight hours of playback, which feels about right.
  — David Phelan, Forbes, 2 Apr. 2023
• Tap it to hop into your music app, or press and hold it to access playback controls.
  — Medea Giordano, WIRED, 19 July 2023
• None With two mics, hands-free talk, voice commands, audio recording, and playback, this headset was made for on-the-go calls.
  — Theresa Holland, Peoplemag, 8 Nov. 2022
• Video on demand or DVD playback accounted for much of the other time.
  — David Bauder, ajc, 18 Aug. 2022
• Even this base model is plenty fast, and battery life is a solid 8.5 hours of full-screen video playback time.
  — Eric Ravenscraft, WIRED, 27 Nov. 2023
• When video playback is slowed down, the recording shows the woman holding the cellphone with her left hand, ball up her right fist and jab at Jackson.
  — Mike Cruz, The Arizona Republic, 10 June 2022
• The main screen shows the remaining battery life for the speaker with playback controls below.
  — PCMAG, 6 Feb. 2024
• These headphones deliver up to 36 hours of playback on a single charge — more than any other of our top picks.
  — L.a. Hubilla, Peoplemag, 12 July 2023
• Another new feature is the ability to change the playback speed.
  — PCMAG, 27 June 2022
• Reich noted that the carousel works, too — with a 17 percent improvement in playback rate.
  — Alex Cranz, The Verge, 24 Apr. 2024
• To me, this sounds like a huge upgrade; currently, moving up the playback speed on YouTube can take a few annoying steps.
  — Jay Peters, The Verge, 17 July 2023
• The Pix-Star’s photo quality is crisp and clear, as is its video playback quality.
  — Cai Cramer, Peoplemag, 15 Dec. 2023
• India deploys a practice known as playback singing where singers render songs that actors lip-sync to on screen.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 18 Oct. 2023
• Her voice breaks through to request the producer do a playback or to ask the director for the pronunciation of a word.
  — Jessica Cruel, Allure, 2 May 2024
• As part of the effort, Autodesk is making its RV review and playback software available as an open source tool.
  — Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Aug. 2022

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play back

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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• When these two teams played back in November for the first game of the season, Washington hit nearly 10 3s against Faith Family.
  — Lia Assimakopoulos, Dallas News, 11 Mar. 2023
• Wendt, 106, likes to remind people that some things at play back then can’t easily be analyzed.
  — John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2022
• His absence until probably late summer (at the earliest) leaves the Jaguars still searching for a big-play back.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 4 Apr. 2022
• Jones is a reliable plug-and-play back, though A.J. Dillon might creep into his production.
  — Phil Thompson, chicagotribune.com, 26 Aug. 2021

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024