Thesaurus results for RETRAIN

retrain

verb

Definition of retrain

as in to reeducate

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Recent Examples of retrain This is why an open day at the school on July 26 ahead of its September launch will welcome anybody from the film industry — including non-actors who may be looking to retrain. — Alex Ritman, Variety, 17 July 2026 Reportedly, the royal household is struggling to recruit and retrain staff, which is partly why the king made the decision. — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 15 July 2026 To manage this change, the military is launching a transition program designed to retrain existing weapons and combat systems specialists to become fully qualified pilots for the B-21 fleet. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 10 July 2026 Tiny forward-looking questions retrain the brain faster than forced positivity ever will. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for retrain

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So Lancer Skincare was born by reeducating or the desire to reeducate the consuming public.

— Rachel Burchfield, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
The pace of killings slackened, with cadres told to reeducate rather than exterminate those who’d strayed.

— Matthew Campbell, Bloomberg, 22 May 2026

Definition of reeducate

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This trend of inadequate math preparation among first-year university students, UC faculty said in their letter, results in instructors having to reteach middle school math while the level of course content drops below what’s needed for advanced STEM work.

— Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 11 June 2026
But every so often, an opportunity emerges to reteach some basics.

— Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025

Definition of reteach

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New forms of payment, including digital currency, are working their way into everyday transactions, and AI is beginning to move from informing decisions to initiating and completing them.

— Andy Zosel, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026
That's the message in a Tuesday note from analysts at Melius who initiated coverage on the housing sector — putting a buy rating and a $397-per-share price target on Home Depot .

— Zev Fima, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of initiate

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At the opening, Lafayette 148 NorthPark will feature its fall 2026 collection, including exclusive leather colorways created for Dallas, precise tailoring and signature white shirts informed by the archives and three decades of craftsmanship.

— Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026
Livia’s unease informs her skepticism of politics; in linking the two, Kingsolver conflates class and culture, using the former as an excuse for what really just seems to be Livia’s constitutional conservatism.

— Sam Worley, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of inform

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Take a moment to familiarize yourself — and your family — with this important information.

— Lillian Bonsignore, New York Daily News, 4 Oct. 2026
While waiting for the prisoners to emerge out of the federal courthouse elevators, attorneys were seen searching online to quickly familiarize themselves with the case, which has already led to four convictions in May.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2026

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