rediscover
verb
re·dis·cov·er
(ˌ)rē-di-ˈskə-vər 
rediscovered; rediscovering; rediscovers
: to discover (something lost or forgotten) again
In America we have only recently rediscovered the use of wild greens.—
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rediscovery
noun
plural rediscoveries
The rediscovery of the woodpecker was touted by cryptozoologists as proof that animals thought long extinct may still exist.
—Benjamin Radford
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Lens’ team is a blend of youth, experience and those like Edouard who are rediscovering their love for the game.
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Freed from the ideologues who have held them hostage, even most bureaucrats serving in the Islamic Republic today could rediscover the best of our history and reorient their efforts toward our nation’s improvement.
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Visitors to the Weeksville Heritage Center are transported to the 19th century where one of the country’s first free Black communities was established in pre-Civil War America and rediscovered in the late 1960s.
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Tom Burrows, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
Freed from the ideologues who have held them hostage, even most bureaucrats serving in the Islamic Republic today could rediscover the best of our history and reorient their efforts toward our nation’s improvement.
—Arash Azizi, Time, 3 Feb. 2026
Carnathan says the heels class in particular has given her a chance to rediscover sexiness and femininity.
—Jason Mastrodonato, Mercury News, 1 Feb. 2026
Visitors to the Weeksville Heritage Center are transported to the 19th century where one of the country’s first free Black communities was established in pre-Civil War America and rediscovered in the late 1960s.
—Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 1 Feb. 2026
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“Rediscover.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rediscover. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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