reteach
verb
re·teach
(ˌ)rē-ˈtēch 
retaught
(ˌ)rē-ˈtȯt
; reteaching
; reteaching
: to teach (someone or something) again
She decided to reteach the lesson the next day.
took up the guitar again and retaught himself to play
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Teachers will be supplied with slide decks and lesson materials by the district while following a three-part framework: first teach; demonstration of learning; and reteach and challenge.
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Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Aug. 2025
But every so often, an opportunity emerges to reteach some basics.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
Patients use special exercises and technology, like electric stimulation, to reteach their nervous system to control movement.
—Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 18 Mar. 2024
Advertisement Searles set out to reteach the bears some boundaries using a combination of non-lethal methods — sometimes a gentle word, sometimes a sting to the hindquarters with rubber buckshot — that have netted ursine attention and respect.
—Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2023
And staff are working around the clock to reteach foundational skills -- such as first-grade phonics -- that some students lost during the pandemic.
—al, 10 Nov. 2021
Wallinger suffered an aneurysm in 2001 and had to reteach himself to talk and play instruments.
—Melinda Newman, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
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Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Aug. 2025
But every so often, an opportunity emerges to reteach some basics.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
Patients use special exercises and technology, like electric stimulation, to reteach their nervous system to control movement.
—Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 18 Mar. 2024
Advertisement Searles set out to reteach the bears some boundaries using a combination of non-lethal methods — sometimes a gentle word, sometimes a sting to the hindquarters with rubber buckshot — that have netted ursine attention and respect.
—Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2023
And staff are working around the clock to reteach foundational skills -- such as first-grade phonics -- that some students lost during the pandemic.
—al, 10 Nov. 2021
Wallinger suffered an aneurysm in 2001 and had to reteach himself to talk and play instruments.
—Melinda Newman, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
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“Reteach.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reteach. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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