rereading
noun
re·read·ing
(ˌ)rē-ˈrē-diŋ 
plural rereadings
: an act of reading something again especially from a different perspective
a contemporary rereading of the classics
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For example, would an additional instruction or the rereading of any testimony help in the jury’s deliberation.
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Brittny Mejia,
Los Angeles Times,
25 June 2026
There are few fiction writers whose works bear rereading and formal analysis so well.
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Literary Hub,
17 Feb. 2026
Jennifer Lopez has closed the book on her Bennifer chapter, so don't ask for a rereading.
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Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
6 Oct. 2025
But even unresolved, the accusations have thrown open a rereading — the kind Wiley didn’t want — of his life and work and the art world’s own tradition of propping up the powerful.
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Rachel Corbett,
Vulture,
5 Nov. 2024
The great author’s idiosyncratic shifts in voice and topic can sometimes be jarring, but his rich observations reward rereading.
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Kiley Bense,
Smithsonian Magazine,
9 Jan. 2024
Nash said that a rereading of the Bible in the early 2000s prompted him to reconsider his beliefs.
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Daniel Wu,
Washington Post,
29 June 2023
Yet the evidence is muddy that rereading strengthens comprehension, and whether its effects depend on knowledge level or ability is also woefully underexplored.
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John Dunlosky,
Scientific American,
1 Jan. 2015
Pinker's natural experiment with history generates instead a selective rereading, in which his own commitments become the guiding moral light for past and future.
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Timothy Snyder,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Dec. 2011
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Brittny Mejia,
Los Angeles Times,
25 June 2026
There are few fiction writers whose works bear rereading and formal analysis so well.
—
Literary Hub,
17 Feb. 2026
Jennifer Lopez has closed the book on her Bennifer chapter, so don't ask for a rereading.
—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
6 Oct. 2025
But even unresolved, the accusations have thrown open a rereading — the kind Wiley didn’t want — of his life and work and the art world’s own tradition of propping up the powerful.
—
Rachel Corbett,
Vulture,
5 Nov. 2024
The great author’s idiosyncratic shifts in voice and topic can sometimes be jarring, but his rich observations reward rereading.
—
Kiley Bense,
Smithsonian Magazine,
9 Jan. 2024
Nash said that a rereading of the Bible in the early 2000s prompted him to reconsider his beliefs.
—
Daniel Wu,
Washington Post,
29 June 2023
Yet the evidence is muddy that rereading strengthens comprehension, and whether its effects depend on knowledge level or ability is also woefully underexplored.
—
John Dunlosky,
Scientific American,
1 Jan. 2015
Pinker's natural experiment with history generates instead a selective rereading, in which his own commitments become the guiding moral light for past and future.
—
Timothy Snyder,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Dec. 2011
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“Rereading.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rereading. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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