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- verb To
enforce again; to re-emphasize.
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Though anti-drug organizations like the Partnership gladly re-enforce all of these supposed stoner traits, the media has piled on with constant jokey references to pot-heads adding "dude" to every sentence (ok, maybe that one's true, dude) with their groggy heads buried in colossal sized bags of Doritos.
Steve Bloom: Legalization or Bust: A Brief History of Marijuana Prohibition Steve Bloom 2010
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Our study suggests that brands should use a variety of mediums to build relationships, starting with trusted channels like direct mail, then layering the message to re-enforce it through other channels.
Ernan Roman: 2012: Year of Preference-Driven Multichannel Marketing Breakthroughs Ernan Roman 2011
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Though anti-drug organizations like the Partnership gladly re-enforce all of these supposed stoner traits, the media has piled on with constant jokey references to pot-heads adding "dude" to every sentence (ok, maybe that one's true, dude) with their groggy heads buried in colossal sized bags of Doritos.
Steve Bloom: Legalization or Bust: A Brief History of Marijuana Prohibition Steve Bloom 2010
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Though anti-drug organizations like the Partnership gladly re-enforce all of these supposed stoner traits, the media has piled on with constant jokey references to pot-heads adding "dude" to every sentence (ok, maybe that one's true, dude) with their groggy heads buried in colossal sized bags of Doritos.
Steve Bloom: Legalization or Bust: A Brief History of Marijuana Prohibition Steve Bloom 2010
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Negative experiences re-enforce negativity, which increases self-criticism.
Has Bentall Explained Madness?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Maybe Senators and Congressmen would have higher approval ratings if they didn't constantly re-enforce the perception that they love the sound of their own voices, and that they are all talk and no action.
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The United States' empire - founded more upon economic rather than military occupation - arose as Britain's declined, and served to re-enforce and expand the scope of the English language so that it has, for all practical purposes, become the world's language.
French is too important to be left to middle-class Francophiles | Andrew Hussey 2011
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As president, I would deploy at least two additional brigades to Afghanistan to re-enforce our counterterrorism operations and support NATO's efforts against the Taliban.
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It would just further re-enforce the idea that they rig things to favor marquee teams. joejoejoe Says:
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My intention is to re-enforce all “lawfull” contracts; ones not undertaken by force or fraud and not containing provesions prohibeted by the interests of the states in supporting public morals or order.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Help Draft the Federalism Restoration Amendment 2010
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