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reread

[ree-reed, ree-reed] / riˈrid, ˈriˌrid /
VERB
read again
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He even thinks the tech could get people to reread old favorites: "Now is the time to maybe dive into areas where it was really hard to do in the past."

From Barron's Jul. 27, 2026

I reread my 1999 email recently, trying to find the person who wrote it.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 2026

Mock, who reread The Lord of the Rings every year from fourth grade through ninth grade, has simpler dreams: “a hobbit hole out in the countryside, and as little as possible.”

From Slate May 28, 2026

“And they are classic because they allowed us to reread it, and they speak in the present. That’s magic.”

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 29, 2026

After grammar, we do silent reading for the last ten minutes of class, and I think about starting The Perks of Being a Wallflower but reread Brown Girl Dreaming instead.

From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon

Here, Henry discusses her writing process, an author she rereads every year and the meaning behind the Taylor Swift needle-drop in “People We Meet on Vacation.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 19, 2026

Even on rereads, which I try to do every year, I find my heart racing and my palms sweating within a hundred pages.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 14, 2025

He rereads them every so often, refusing to forget any detail or teaching.

From Seattle Times Feb. 18, 2023

Diski rereads Anne Frank’s diaries, in their censored and uncensored versions.

From New York Times Apr. 12, 2021

She has us close our eyes while she rereads the description of the hot dog slathered in toppings and wrapped up with crunchy french fries.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

In his first week officiating 9- and 10-year-old youth baseball games, umpire Tom Howell IV hoped that reading and rereading his rulebook would prevent any rookie mistakes.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

It simply means getting your bearings before you turn on the heat: chopping vegetables and herbs, measuring ingredients, rereading the recipe once more with a clear head.

From Salon Dec. 20, 2025

“And it seems to me, when I was rereading my journals, that they are also fictions of a sort. This is not my life. It is a story I have told about my life.”

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 4, 2025

In a tribute to the writer on his 90th birthday last year, MV Shreyams Kumar, the managing director of Mathrubhumi, wrote that Nair was always reading and rereading books.

From BBC Dec. 25, 2024

She did, but after rereading it, she took down the post.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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