How to Use retest in a Sentence
retest
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Test the Grout Give the grout sealer time to dry, then retest the grout.
—Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Jan. 2025
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The staff can decide whether to retest or use another sample.
—Beth Warren, Nashville Tennessean, 22 Oct. 2025
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French stocks could retest last week’s lows, and the market could underperform.
—Kris Nagel, Fortune, 1 July 2024
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Doctors pulled him from the field to retest him at the stadium and the test returned positive.
—Daniel Oyefusi, baltimoresun.com, 8 Dec. 2020
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The exam is administered in the spring but students can retest in the summer.
—Caroline Beck, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Aug. 2023
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Once this exercise begins to feel easy, retest yourself on the single-leg heel raises.
—Hayden Carpenter, Outside Online, 19 Nov. 2024
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This discovery cuts down on the need to retest, subjecting patients to more needle sticks.
—Beth Warren, Nashville Tennessean, 22 Oct. 2025
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And don't be afraid to frequently test and retest your messaging and strategy.
—Ub Ciminieri, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021
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The stock broke support, bounced back to retest it, and now sits right where sellers previously took control.
—Tony Zhang, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026
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Haney contacted the city, which told her the EPA would retest her home this summer.
—Chris Bowling, ProPublica, 5 Aug. 2026
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But the market retests an important low and fails to break decisively below it.
—Thomas Hartmann, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026
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Even when kids test high for lead, however, the city and the EPA don’t always retest yards.
—Chris Bowling, ProPublica, 5 Aug. 2026
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Regulations required it to retest the water before sounding the alarm.
—Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 20 Sep. 2022
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Then State Farm sent out another of its preferred vendors, Rimkus, to retest her home, but not for lead.
—Susie Neilson, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 July 2025
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Ramsey wants police to retest evidence for trace DNA and test other items for the first time.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
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If test results are inaccurate, nursing homes should retest samples to correct errors.
—Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 25 Aug. 2020
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Nursing homes should retest residents weekly until none test positive.
—NBC News, 12 June 2020
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Teams should trace root causes, fix the control failures that enabled the path, and retest to prove the attacker’s route is actually gone.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026
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On the other hand, missing the high expectations may lead the stock to retest the $400 support level.
—Gurufocus, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
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Follow the exercise progression below, starting with double-leg heel raises, twice a week for three weeks, then retest yourself.
—Hayden Carpenter, Outside Online, 19 Nov. 2024
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But pooling doesn’t work if too many samples are positive because lab workers often have to retest the batches to find the positive results.
—Brianna Abbott, WSJ, 9 Jan. 2022
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After roughly three months, doctors typically retest testosterone levels and adjust the dose.
—Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 27 July 2026
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Choose an easy-to-use rebate platform, create simple directions and remember to test and retest to make sure everything works smoothly.
—Tom Treanor, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
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The Malaysian ringgit is likely to retest its year-to-date peak versus the dollar thanks to strong fundamentals, according to strategists.
—David Finnerty, Bloomberg, 20 Apr. 2026
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The state was also required to retest English-language learners using more rigorous standards, among other things.
—Rafael Carranza, ProPublica, 16 Sep. 2026
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But even that date remains uncertain, as the authorities continue to retest residents, meaning the lockdown clock could reset at any time.
—Steven Jiang, CNN, 19 Apr. 2022
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In subsequent weeks, BBY pulled back to retest the breakout level before rotating back higher.
—David Keller, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2025
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In other words, areas that have become stretched or overbought may soon see those conditions normalize, particularly as prices retest key support zones.
—Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025
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When soil contamination still exceeded state benchmarks after initial cleanup, the state sent cleanup workers to remove more dirt and then retest the properties.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2026
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The medical examiner plans to retest all cases from 2022 and all cases going forward.
—Trisha Thadani, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Feb. 2023
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