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reset

[ree-set, ree-set] / riˈsɛt, ˈriˌsɛt /






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Your cistern no longer refills endlessly, but now you have to lift the lid and manually reset it after every flush.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

That lifted short-term Treasury bond yields to the highest levels of the year and reset Fed rate expectations sharply, with traders now pricing in hefty chances of a hike between now and December.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

It ended with a calendar reset, which implied that audiences will follow Abby through post-apocalyptic Seattle in Season 3.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

New CEO Meg O’Neill has made an impressive start to her tenure by opting to reset the company into upstream and downstream divisions, she adds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

I set the alarm for midnight; when it went off, I reset it for two o’clock, then for four o’clock.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien




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