Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To attain again.
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- verb
attain again
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Examples
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The result is a lagged effect on state finances, with tax revenues usually taking as long as five years to reattain prior peaks, according to Mr. Boyd.
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The result is a lagged effect on state finances, with tax revenues usually taking as long as five years to reattain prior peaks, according to Mr. Boyd.
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The difference, of course, is that he is not currently in power, merely trying to reattain it, which gives his lies an additional layer of deep insecurity.
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Starseeds are moving toward a moment when they will reattain the glorious fifth- and sixth-octave light-chords from which they came.
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Starseeds are moving toward a moment when they will reattain the glorious fifth- and sixth-octave light-chords from which they came.
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He wetted his hair down with water every morning, but after the second witness it would reattain its loft.
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Sometimes a human soul is destined to animate a wild beast, never to be relieved until it reattain the purest of its first and best existence.
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It is now clear that the American economy has yet to reattain its previous peak in real output, achieved three full years ago.
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American output has yet to reattain its 2007 peak.
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In fact, XLF trades at less than 1 / 2 of its value in late September when it first broke the 50dma yet it can't get a bounce high enough to reattain it.
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