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reteach

verb

Definition of reteach

as in to retrain

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Recent Examples of reteach Wallinger suffered an aneurysm in 2001 and had to reteach himself to talk and play instruments. — Melinda Newman, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019 But every so often, an opportunity emerges to reteach some basics. — Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025 Patients use special exercises and technology, like electric stimulation, to reteach their nervous system to control movement. — Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 18 Mar. 2024 Advertisement Searles set out to reteach the bears some boundaries using a combination of non-lethal methods — sometimes a gentle word, sometimes a sting to the hindquarters with rubber buckshot — that have netted ursine attention and respect. — Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2023 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

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Tiny forward-looking questions retrain the brain faster than forced positivity ever will.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
According to Liu, the logistics provider had signed contracts with about 120 schools in China to retrain its army of couriers for new work such as repairing and maintaining robots.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 24 June 2026

Definition of retrain

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The pace of killings slackened, with cadres told to reeducate rather than exterminate those who’d strayed.

— Matthew Campbell, Bloomberg, 22 May 2026
The Mending of Broken Bones is Lockhart’s fourth book aimed at reeducating the public about mathematics.

— Dan Rockmore, The New York Review of Books, 19 Mar. 2026

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