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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
retrain .
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By providing subjects with special glasses that eliminate the image inversion, something interesting happens over a couple of days: your brain retrains itself to perceive the world as you did before, so everything seems normal again.
Archive 2007-10-01 2007
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By providing subjects with special glasses that eliminate the image inversion, something interesting happens over a couple of days: your brain retrains itself to perceive the world as you did before, so everything seems normal again.
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For some time now I've been aware of a public-school reform movement (Project Bright IDEA) in North Carolina that retrains existing teachers and has reported truly remarkable results that have far exceeded expectations.
John Milewski: Is Waiting for 'Superman' Kryptonite for Real Education Reform? John Milewski 2010
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Our immediate focus right now is to accelerate certain effects throughout the wintertime, a time that traditionally sees less violence, when the enemy refits, rearms, retrains, and prepares for the upcoming spring and summer operations.
Commander Cites Progress in Afghanistan, but Key Analyst Remains Skeptical 2011
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TAA also pays dividends over the long term because it retrains workers for the 21st century economy—empowering workers to enroll in community college or earn a bachelor's degree in growing fields like health care and cutting edge industries like high-tech manufacturing.
The Colombia Trade Deal: A Different Kind of Jobs Bill Max Baucus 2011
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For some time now I've been aware of a public-school reform movement (Project Bright IDEA) in North Carolina that retrains existing teachers and has reported truly remarkable results that have far exceeded expectations.
John Milewski: Is Waiting for 'Superman' Kryptonite for Real Education Reform? John Milewski 2010
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A blander diet retrains the mind, over time, to facilitate introspection.
American Yoga Association Beginner’s Manual Fully Revised and Updated Alice Christensen 2010
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A blander diet retrains the mind, over time, to facilitate introspection.
American Yoga Association Beginner’s Manual Fully Revised and Updated Alice Christensen 2010
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That said I sincerely hope that the Officer receives the maximum penalty under the law and this community retrains the officers of the BART department.
Byron Williams: The Oakland Protestors and the Arc of the Moral Universe 2009
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Willmott's socially controversial subject matter is set in Kansas 'early 1900s, and its focus is on a Native American teenager named Nachwiahata (newcomer Winter Fox Frank) who is forced to attend a school that retrains Indians to blend-in with white culture.
Mike Ragogna: Kevin Willmott's The Only Good Indian Premieres Today at Sundance 2009
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