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Examples of retake in a Sentence
They helped their party retake the Senate.
He retook the lead close to the finish line.
We will have to retake the photograph.
Students can retake the test.
Recent Examples of retake from the Web
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Because of this recent history running backs have retaken their spot at the top of the draft this season.
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Billionaire Michael Bloomberg will spend at least $80 million on political campaigns this year, aiming to help Democrats retake the House of Representatives, the former New York City mayor announced on Wednesday.
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The Emiratis have retaken Aden from the Houthis and Mukalla from al-Qaeda’s branch in Yemen.
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That is notably higher than the percentage of Republican voters who said their vote was a vote against Obama in 2010 (54 percent) and 2014 (51 percent) when the GOP made major gains in Congress, retaking the House and then the Senate.
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Their seats are among at least 23 nationwide that Democrats would need to win from the GOP to retake the House.
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The site was eventually retaken by the Berlin Zoo and is the current home to the hippo exhibit.
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Texas, which jumped out to a 1-0 first-inning lead on a Duke Ellis sacrifice fly, had retaken the lead an inning earlier after losing it in the top half of the third.
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Democrats need to pick up 23 seats nationwide to retake the House.
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First Known Use of retake
15th century
Definition of retake
: a subsequent filming, photographing, or recording undertaken to improve upon the first;
also
: an instance of this
Examples of retake in a Sentence
The director called for a retake.
Recent Examples of retake from the Web
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So when the scherzo movement misfired and required a retake, the audience seemed to care about as much as when a drink spills at a boisterous party, which is to say, not at all.
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For one, the jewelry hawker’s false beard had a tendency to wash off in the Pacific surf, requiring expensive retakes.
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After Eleanor figures out the plot, Michael erases her memories, and the memories of Eleanor’s companions, running them through endless retakes.
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After Eleanor figures out the plot, Michael erases her memories, and the memories of Eleanor's companions, running them through endless retakes.
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Fortunately, for Klopp's men, the penalty (and lack of a retake) had no bearing on the game in the end as Daniel Sturridge found the net to break the deadlock in the second half.
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But the number of teachers getting the award each year, either from retakes or their old high school scores, has been growing, at least in most counties.
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Schools could have started giving some Florida Standards Assessments exams — including a retake version of the key 10th-grade language arts exam — Monday.
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Costs for both the retakes and study sessions are being covered by the district.
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First Known Use of retake
1913
RETAKE Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of retake for English Language Learners
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: the act of filming, photographing, or recording something again
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: an examination that a student takes again after failing or doing poorly the first time
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