retraining

verb

present participle of retrain
as in reeducating

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  1. initiating
  2. informing
  3. briefing
  4. familiarizing
Verb
  • The Vatican typically allows criminal investigations to play out before initiating canonical trials so as not to interfere, and that is especially so now in Australia, after the church's wretched legacy there of abuse and cover-up.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Meanwhile, Wagner missed all of his three 3-point attempts but did a little bit of everything on both ends of the floor while initiating Orlando’s offense often.
    — Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of initiating
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  • The White House press office sent letters to the news organizations on September 22, informing them of the reasons and their ability to contest the action, but that was four days after the ban was implemented.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Even her good friend Gizelle knew, and chose to gossip with Ashley instead of privately informing Tia off camera.
    — Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of informing
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  • Araghchi was in the middle of briefing senior officials on these developments and the growing likelihood of conflict when the bombs started to fall.
    — Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Nvidia executives said in a media briefing that its new system could have prevented a recent incident involving a swarm of OpenAI agents that autonomously hacked into AI company Hugging Face.
    — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of briefing
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  • High Proof is clearly a heck of a place to start familiarizing yourself.
    — Brad Japhe, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • But at this stage, Gilman, who has five years experience but came in as a free agent, is still familiarizing himself with the playbook.
    — Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of familiarizing
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“Retraining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retraining. Accessed 15 Oct. 2026.

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