retrain

verb

Definition of retrainnext
as in to reeducate

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Recent Examples of retrain Instead, the company will retrain its employees via some 80 centers across China. — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 29 May 2026 If synthetic data hurts performance, engineers can correct, retrain or replace the system. — Ambuj Tewari, The Conversation, 27 May 2026 Hunt, the interim chief, said training and retraining is a constant part of MARTA’s process and that if software updates are made during the testing process that impact how the trains run, operators would be retrained. — Thad Moore, AJC.com, 27 May 2026 As for job displacement because of AI, the state has a role to play in partnering with private industry, stakeholders and our public education system to ensure people are retrained and prepared to fill the roles required by AI and the new industry. — Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial Boards, Mercury News, 26 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for retrain
Recent Examples of Synonyms for retrain
  1. reeducate
  2. reteach
  3. initiate
  4. inform
  5. familiarize
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  • The pace of killings slackened, with cadres told to reeducate rather than exterminate those who’d strayed.
    — Matthew Campbell, Bloomberg, 22 May 2026
  • The Mending of Broken Bones is Lockhart’s fourth book aimed at reeducating the public about mathematics.
    — Dan Rockmore, The New York Review of Books, 19 Mar. 2026
Definition of reeducate
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  • This trend of inadequate math preparation among first-year university students, UC faculty said in their letter, results in instructors having to reteach middle school math while the level of course content drops below what’s needed for advanced STEM work.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 11 June 2026
  • But every so often, an opportunity emerges to reteach some basics.
    — Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
Definition of reteach
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  • Patients would initiate the request, to be reviewed by health professionals within 15 days, and then confirm it after a period of reflection lasting at least two days.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 July 2026
  • The investment firm initiated coverage of the space technology name with an outperform rating.
    — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 14 July 2026
Definition of initiate
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  • In addition,18 employees who had been placed in the 2026 fiscal year layoff prevention pool will be informed that their stay in that pool has expired, the district said.
    — Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 14 July 2026
  • Prioritize safety, stay impeccably informed, and assume responsibility to shield lives and property.
    — CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2026
Definition of inform
Verb
  • On Sunday, June 28, Caio Rocha Aguiar Arrabal was on a hike with others on the Pedra do Macaco trail in Maricá, located in the state of Rio de Janeiro, to familiarize himself with the route, G1 reported.
    — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026
  • This has fueled the ‘spend not sell’ movement, in which builders seek to familiarize users with earning and spending their bitcoin rather than trading and falling for get-rich-quick schemes.
    — Abubakar Nur Khalil, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
Definition of familiarize

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