as in to respond
to speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction
at cocktail parties she could riposte with lightning speed to even the most unexpected quip
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Timothy O'Grady, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 July 2024
The upshot is that Barrett is registering skepticism about history and tradition in general — and offering a particularly appropriate and devastating riposte to its use in free-speech cases.
—Noah Feldman, The Mercury News, 26 June 2024
That would be the perfect riposte to Russian demands that the United Nations impose sanctions on Israel.
—Max Boot, Washington Post, 20 June 2024
As high prices at grocery stores, gas pumps and pharmacies have soured many voters on his first term, President Biden has developed a populist riposte: Blame big corporations for inflation, not me.
—Kellen Browning, New York Times, 6 June 2024
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Its face was inclined to be dour and imposing, a Victorian riposte to rose-bricked, frivolous, Georgian Dublin.
—Timothy O'Grady, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 July 2024
The upshot is that Barrett is registering skepticism about history and tradition in general — and offering a particularly appropriate and devastating riposte to its use in free-speech cases.
—Noah Feldman, The Mercury News, 26 June 2024
That would be the perfect riposte to Russian demands that the United Nations impose sanctions on Israel.
—Max Boot, Washington Post, 20 June 2024
As high prices at grocery stores, gas pumps and pharmacies have soured many voters on his first term, President Biden has developed a populist riposte: Blame big corporations for inflation, not me.
—Kellen Browning, New York Times, 6 June 2024
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“Riposte.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/riposte. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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