rediscovery

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Recent Examples of rediscovery Despite their exciting rediscovery, time had taken its toll on the mummies. Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 17 July 2026 Through chance and circumstance, the coin remained buried until its rediscovery by East West Rail's archaeological survey team centuries later. Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 17 July 2026 Van Engen’s book tells the fascinating story of the phrase’s origin, its evolution, and its rediscovery by politicians, including Reagan in the 20th century. David Frum, The Atlantic, 1 July 2026 The film’s maker went unknown for many decades, with some speculating it had been directed by Andy Warhol, but in 1999, Bidgood’s true identity was discovered—and the underground classic underwent an ongoing process of rediscovery. Liam Hess, Vogue, 28 June 2026 However, it was then lost for many years, thought to have been destroyed in World War II, before its recent rediscovery and painstaking restoration by la Cinémathèque française, who acquired it for their collection in 2017. Alex Ritman, Variety, 25 June 2026 Long an astute observer of discovery and rediscovery, whether the subject is a city or herself, Sante—having emerged from a tight circle of luminaries including Jim Jarmusch, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Nan Goldin—is now on the precipice of a second artistic renaissance. Literary Hub, 3 June 2026 There’s a line in the latter that speaks to their rediscovery of self, or as Jawo put it, the ego death. Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 24 Apr. 2026 Gadd’s latest is a study of willful repression and cycles of abuse, not unconscious rediscovery and evolution in the aftermath. Ben Travers, IndieWire, 21 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rediscovery
Noun
  • Prior to the discovery of Dee’s body, her brother shared a theory with detectives.
    Kelly Allen, PEOPLE, 1 Aug. 2026
  • These grim discoveries came out of a brief buddy-cop partnership between Anna and Crystal.
    Hunter Ingram, Variety, 1 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • During a court hearing Tuesday, family members and friends objected to the finding that Anthony Lechner was not criminally responsible, saying it was based on a doctor's report they have never been allowed to review.
    Adam Thompson, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • In the beginning of a pattern that would repeat for the next decade, Taylor Farms leaders pushed back on those FDA findings.
    Yahya Abou-Ghazala, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The total number of clinical cases has been increasing since its detection in the US in 2016, the CDC says.
    Diana Anos, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
  • It had apparently been modified to help avoid detection by the airport’s drone defense sensors, said Alexander Dobrindt, federal minister of the interior for Germany, during a press conference.
    Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 6 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • In the past few weeks, new revelations in the OpenAI Hugging Face security breach have shown that agents are able to take advantage of system weaknesses to move at speeds that humans are unable to properly address.
    Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Both Kersten and Wohmann are travelling with their respective spouses, Irmgard and Winfried (Susanne Wuest and Timocin Ziegler), whose strained silences and sudden revelations reveal volumes about life with their more difficult partners.
    Alissa Simon, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026

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“Rediscovery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rediscovery. Accessed 8 Aug. 2026.

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