retread
Example Sentences
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Similarly, Raymond James analyst Chris Meekins said the plan unveiled on Thursday is “a retread of previously advocated-for positions and there is no legislative path forward for much of it, in our view.”
From MarketWatch • Jan. 15, 2026
But what if what seemed a tired retread was actually poised on the cutting edge of televised entertainment?
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025
There was only one retread and even that one, a reprise of the standout “Traffic Altercation,” was worth revisiting.
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2025
“Gladiator II” and “Alien: Romulus” are Ridley Scott properties that heavily retread ground covered in the original conceits that inspired them.
From Salon • Dec. 9, 2024
Napoleon, irritated at this, acrimoniously replied, that "he liked simple plans, less circuitous routes, high roads, the road by which he had come, yet he would not retread it but with peace."
From History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 by Ségur, Philippe-Paul, comte de
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
