How to Use refile in a Sentence

refile

verb
  • Bonta plans to refile the case in state court.
    — Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • He's now refiled it in a lower court.
    — ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Those charges were dropped and never refiled.
    — Charlotte Observer, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Charges were later dropped and never refiled.
    — Emily Broyles, Charlotte Observer, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Those bills were refiled the following year.
    — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 20 Feb. 2026
  • In that event, her ruling would be vacated, and the case would have to be refiled.
    — Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Both were dismissed last year with prejudice, meaning they cannot be refiled.
    — Paul Flahive, Austin American Statesman, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Rosen has asked the court to dismiss the case with prejudice, meaning the charges cannot be refiled.
    — Armando Garcia, ABC News, 13 Feb. 2026
  • That means that prosecutors cannot refile the same charges against Parias.
    — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Those charges were withdrawn but prosecutors have said they’ll be refiled.
    — Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
  • They were dismissed with prejudice, meaning they cannot be refiled at a future date.
    — Wcco Staff, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
  • They were dismissed with prejudice, meaning they cannot be refiled at a future date.
    — Wcco Staff, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The court dismissed the case with prejudice, meaning X cannot refile the same claim.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Prosecutors can refile charges but face a huge backlog in doing so.
    — Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Those lawsuits were later dropped without prejudice, which means they could be refiled.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Trump’s lawyers will be allowed to refile the lawsuit, though it will be limited to 40 pages.
    — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Prosecutors could seek to refile the charges later.
    — Megan De Mar, CBS News, 19 June 2026
  • When the lawyers refiled a shorter version, The Times was forceful in its response.
    — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 13 Nov. 2025
  • The families' attorneys can still choose to refile the lawsuit.
    — Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
  • That lawsuit was dismissed last month without prejudice, meaning it can be refiled.
    — David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Those claims were dismissed in June, and Baldoni’s attorneys chose not to refile.
    — Elizabeth Rosner, People.com, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Friedland was arrested and charged four years after his wife’s murder, but the charges were later dropped and never refiled.
    — Jeff A. Chamer, Charlotte Observer, 20 Feb. 2026
  • The motion sought to dismiss the charges with prejudice, indicating they cannot be refiled.
    — Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Pirro’s office later refiled the case as a misdemeanor.
    — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Police once charged Thomas’ husband, Friedland, but those charges were dropped and never refiled.
    — Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 20 Feb. 2026
  • By August, the divorce was back on and Biermann refiled for divorce for the second time.
    — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Marks said the coalition would likely consider refiling a suit if the state board attempted to take over a county.
    — Caleb Groves, AJC.com, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Six other misdemeanor charges were dismissed with prejudice, meaning they cannot be refiled.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2025
  • His lawyers, meanwhile, have requested that the case be dismissed with prejudice, which would prevent the charges from being refiled.
    — Chantelle Lee, Time, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The charges were dismissed with prejudice, meaning prosecutors cannot refile them in the future.
    — Dave Savini, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026

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