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Recent Examples of reeducate
The state wants Exxon to pay billions of dollars and to reeducate the public that the vast majority of plastic isn’t recyclable and is just trash.
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Brittney Melton, NPR, 24 Sep. 2024
Like Astrid and Lydia before her, Gen Z is being reeducated via horror-movie camp humor.
—Armond White, National Review, 11 Sep. 2024
What will not be disputed, however, is the way in which the U.S. military learned from its initial blunders, adapted, retrained and reeducated its soldiers, transitioned seamlessly from counterinsurgency to stability operations, and strengthened the capacity of Iraqi forces.
—Emma Sky, Foreign Affairs, 1 Mar. 2011
The label was removed after California Hospital Medical Center turned in a plan that included reeducating staff in its labor and delivery department on detecting and treating hemorrhages, according to the state report on its findings.
—Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2023
That label was dropped after the hospital submitted a plan to fix the problems, including reeducating nurses on measures to prevent blood clots.
—Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2023
In the midst of a hedonistic era, Deyhle had a vision of holistically treating illnesses and also reeducating people about food.
—Janine Di Giovanni, Town & Country, 28 Apr. 2023
In the context of entrepreneurship, having an educator’s mindset means constantly striving to educate and reeducate the people around you about your vision.
—Yec, Forbes, 25 Apr. 2022
In the fifth Scream, the killer is motivated to bring things back to basics and reeducate the next generation about classic scares of yore.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 14 Jan. 2022
Brittney Melton, NPR, 24 Sep. 2024
Like Astrid and Lydia before her, Gen Z is being reeducated via horror-movie camp humor.
—Armond White, National Review, 11 Sep. 2024
What will not be disputed, however, is the way in which the U.S. military learned from its initial blunders, adapted, retrained and reeducated its soldiers, transitioned seamlessly from counterinsurgency to stability operations, and strengthened the capacity of Iraqi forces.
—Emma Sky, Foreign Affairs, 1 Mar. 2011
The label was removed after California Hospital Medical Center turned in a plan that included reeducating staff in its labor and delivery department on detecting and treating hemorrhages, according to the state report on its findings.
—Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2023
That label was dropped after the hospital submitted a plan to fix the problems, including reeducating nurses on measures to prevent blood clots.
—Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2023
In the midst of a hedonistic era, Deyhle had a vision of holistically treating illnesses and also reeducating people about food.
—Janine Di Giovanni, Town & Country, 28 Apr. 2023
In the context of entrepreneurship, having an educator’s mindset means constantly striving to educate and reeducate the people around you about your vision.
—Yec, Forbes, 25 Apr. 2022
In the fifth Scream, the killer is motivated to bring things back to basics and reeducate the next generation about classic scares of yore.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 14 Jan. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reeducate
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An individual who was formerly employed as a ship fitter, chose to get retrained as a medical assistant.—
Diane Winiarski,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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My mom had to retrain after her time away and graduated from Southwest's flight attendant program on April 24, 2014, but her hire date was actually the following day, April 25, 2014.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
People.com,
13 May 2025
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The material contained on this site is intended to inform, entertain and educate the reader and in no way represents an inducement to gamble legally or illegally or any sort of professional advice.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
4 May 2025
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During the April 29 season ender, Serena — who foolishly thought her work bestie, Matt, was going to ask another St. Denis nurse out on a date — was informed by colleagues Val and Bruce that Matt’s infatuated with her, not Holly.—
Rebecca Luther,
TVLine,
4 May 2025
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But every so often, an opportunity emerges to reteach some basics.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
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Patients use special exercises and technology, like electric stimulation, to reteach their nervous system to control movement.—
Lilly Price,
Baltimore Sun,
18 Mar. 2024
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Day 1 Use the first half of your day to familiarize yourself with your riad hotel and the area it’s located in.—
Asia London Palomba,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Apr. 2025
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The outgoing astronauts waited a few days to depart the station in order to help the new arrivals familiarize themselves with the orbital laboratory and station operations during a handover period.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA TODAY,
18 Mar. 2025
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“Reeducate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reeducate. Accessed 19 May. 2025.
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