reread
verb
re·read
(ˌ)rē-ˈrēd 
reread
(ˌ)rē-ˈred
; rereading
; rereading
: to read (something) again
had to reread the passage several times to make sense of it
… might do well to reread Shakespeare or Homer.—
Lewis H. Lapham
Lewis H. LaphamExamples of reread in a Sentence
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Eating it can be like rereading a favorite poem, familiar but forever capable of new meaning.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2024
First, the jury asked the court to clarify language in the jury instructions, and the judge sent a note telling the jury to reread a specific section of the instructions.
—Eric Levenson, CNN, 5 Feb. 2024
Nobody seemed to mind especially—many were plunked down on the floor, contentedly rereading her books, as an hour passed, then an hour and a half.
—Jordan Kisner, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2024
Jean would rather binge Billions and reread Greg McKeown’s self-help book Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less.
—Keyaira Boone, Essence, 2 Feb. 2024
Reading and rereading these poems by Bashō, Buson, Issa and other Japanese masters is a kind of meditation for me.
—New York Times, 7 Dec. 2023
Then come back and reread about the best scopes for 6.5 Creedmoor before parting ways with your money.
—T. Logan Metesh, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
And Other Surprises For those who wish to read or reread Ambassador Kirkpatrick's columns written between 1985 and the present, here is an easy way to do it.
—John C. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2023
In the past decade, a resurgence of acclaim has fully established Shirley Jackson as the queen of dark literary fiction, and there is no surer sign of an author’s success than the arrival of a new generation of writers eager to channel her spirit, rereading and reimagining her work.
—Kristen Roupenian, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2024
First, the jury asked the court to clarify language in the jury instructions, and the judge sent a note telling the jury to reread a specific section of the instructions.
—Eric Levenson, CNN, 5 Feb. 2024
Nobody seemed to mind especially—many were plunked down on the floor, contentedly rereading her books, as an hour passed, then an hour and a half.
—Jordan Kisner, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2024
Jean would rather binge Billions and reread Greg McKeown’s self-help book Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less.
—Keyaira Boone, Essence, 2 Feb. 2024
Reading and rereading these poems by Bashō, Buson, Issa and other Japanese masters is a kind of meditation for me.
—New York Times, 7 Dec. 2023
Then come back and reread about the best scopes for 6.5 Creedmoor before parting ways with your money.
—T. Logan Metesh, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
And Other Surprises For those who wish to read or reread Ambassador Kirkpatrick's columns written between 1985 and the present, here is an easy way to do it.
—John C. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2023
In the past decade, a resurgence of acclaim has fully established Shirley Jackson as the queen of dark literary fiction, and there is no surer sign of an author’s success than the arrival of a new generation of writers eager to channel her spirit, rereading and reimagining her work.
—Kristen Roupenian, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
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