Thesaurus results for RETRAINS

retrains

verb

present tense third-person singular of retrain

as in informs

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This significant achievement informs her choice to customize a piece that reflects her strength, creativity and tenacity.

— Footwear News, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2026
This strand of the film gradually informs the secrets and surprises of the later timelines.

— David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of informs

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That’s when Issa initiates a threesome, something that none of them is fully into.

— Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
After a company initiates a recall, the FDA evaluates the situation and assigns a recall classification based on the level of health hazard posed by the product.

— Dian Zhang, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of initiates

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Bathrooms are shared—a not-so-subtle feature that familiarizes everyone quickly.

— Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 29 Mar. 2026
This week's batch of songs includes classics like Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, paired with visuals that help kids learn more about team work and familiarizes bedtime routines.

— Annabelle Canela, Parents, 8 Aug. 2025

Definition of familiarizes

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This style of theater both enlightens and entertains, each actor stepping out of the ensemble inside Kelleher’s direction that teeters on the edge of heavy-handidness without ever getting there.

— David John Chávez, Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2026
The Harlem Book of the Dead, conceived and nurtured by Camille Billops, cherishes that remembrance and enlightens us as only memory can.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025

Definition of enlightens

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Once Paul Baker and Issa break the news to the rest of the friend group, the show introduces the governing complication that runs through the rest of the season.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2026
Any impact — no matter how small — to Meta's core ad business just introduces another level of uncertainty in a stock already on the ropes.

— Paulina Likos, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of introduces

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Students converge on Morningside Heights because the university distills — and instills — the ideals of an open, democratic, pluralistic nation.

— Justin Davidson, Curbed, 19 Aug. 2026
Bush Hager said she’s worked hard throughout her life and instills that drive in her three children, including 13-year-old Mila, who had a summer job.

— Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of instills

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The fact that the show couldn’t manage even a modicum of suspense with the same material shows how utterly sauceless this adaptation is.

— Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026
The video shows Bellin in a hot pink swim cap and swim shirt holding her swim goggles covered in blood.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2026

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