recontact
verb
re·con·tact
(ˌ)rē-ˈkän-ˌtakt 
-kən-ˈtakt
recontacted; recontacting; recontacts
: to contact again : to get in communication with after a period of being apart
He said his staff will try to interview her as well as recontact some of the case's other original witnesses …—
Elizabeth Larson
Elizabeth LarsonThe commissioner will recontact those schools that have expressed interest in us, who have come to us, and find out exactly the nature of the interest …—David Boren
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Delays in waiting for laboratory test results to come back and then trying to recontact the patient can lead to delays in delivering a diagnosis or administering care, Wall said.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2025
Some donors may not want their cells used in the neural experiments, the panel notes, and ethics experts are discussing whether researchers should consider whether to recontact donors or obtain new tissue.
—Jocelyn Kaiser, Science | AAAS, 8 Apr. 2021
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Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2025
Some donors may not want their cells used in the neural experiments, the panel notes, and ethics experts are discussing whether researchers should consider whether to recontact donors or obtain new tissue.
—Jocelyn Kaiser, Science | AAAS, 8 Apr. 2021
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“Recontact.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recontact. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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