retraining

verb

present participle of retrain
as in reeducating

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  1. initiating
  2. informing
  3. briefing
  4. familiarizing
Verb
  • Truist analyst Christopher Souther is initiating coverage of CCJ with a buy rating and a $129 target.
    — Brian Sullivan, CNBC, 16 July 2026
  • Thanks to some painful moments at the pump in the first half of 2026, the IRS took the unusual step of initiating a new standard mileage rate for the second half of the year.
    — Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 16 July 2026
Definition of initiating
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  • Financing On Saturday, the NFL sent a memo to the other 31 teams informing their leadership about the deal.
    — Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 14 July 2026
  • Khalra’s investigation alleged that thousands of people who had disappeared were cremated anonymously by police without informing their families or maintaining official records.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 July 2026
Definition of informing
Verb
  • Eliminate Delays Caused By Vague Briefs The biggest drag is briefing latency.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • John Cohen, a former senior Homeland Security official who has been briefing state leaders before the matches, said the government was largely absent from planning meetings last year and did not begin sharing threat intelligence with host regions until recently.
    — Jake Offenhartz, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2026
Definition of briefing
Verb
  • The athletes took practice runs on Monday, familiarizing themselves with the track ahead of Saturday’s regional finals.
    — Heather McRea, Oc Register, 7 July 2026
  • Our World Cup homepage has the major stories, but a good place to start is familiarizing yourself with the top 50 players of the tournament.
    — Jacob Robinson, New York Times, 11 June 2026
Definition of familiarizing
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