rerelease

verb

re·re·lease (ˌ)rē-ri-ˈlēs

variants or re-release

rereleased or re-released; rereleasing or re-releasing

transitive verb

: to release (something) again

rereleasing classic films

… the book was re-released in April 2002 with a new epilogue.—

Tony Semerad

Those albums were never rereleased on CD …—

Derek Small

rerelease noun

or re-release

plural rereleases or re-releases

Even before the big re-release in 1997, Star Wars had generated almost $2 billion in movie-ticket and rental sales … —

Zillions

Examples of rerelease in a Sentence

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Rather than rerelease Disney films every few years, why not completely remake them? —

Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2024 After his sophomore release, 1971’s The Silver Tongued Devil and I, sold more briskly, Kristofferson’s debut album was rereleased as Me & Bobby McGee, capitalizing on the success of the title song, a posthumous Number One pop hit for Janis Joplin. —

Stephen L. Betts, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2024 The film is being rereleased in theaters on Sept. 20 to mark its 10th anniversary. —

Zack Sharf, Variety, 10 Sep. 2024 Paramount, the studio behind the movie, disputed those rumors to Variety, though, and still plans to rerelease the movie later this year. —

Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 9 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for rerelease