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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
reconfirm .
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Examples
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It "reconfirms" the promise to "exercise restraint" and not consecrate openly gay or lesbian bishops, and it also pledges not to authorize rites for the blessing of same-sex unions, while leaving wiggle room for priests to "maintain a breadth of private response."
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A recent study from Ohio State reconfirms that the freshman fifteen may actually be a "myth."
Dr. Susan Albers: Freshman 15: Fact or Fiction? Dr. Susan Albers 2011
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The ballot reconfirms Ilyumzhinov as the head of Fide, the world chess body.
Chess world shocked as Karpov fails to capture top job Luke Harding in Moscow 2010
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The fact that the latest round of proposals for the fourth plinth at Trafalgar Square included Tracey Emin's idea for a little group of sculpted meerkats as "a symbol of unity and safety" reconfirms what everyone already knows: that it is possible to gain a reputation as a serious and important artist on the basis of work devoid of seriousness or importance.
Geoff Dyer: What Will Survive of Us? Geoff Dyer 2011
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Bin Laden's death "reconfirms that we can focus on al-Qaeda, focus on the threats to our homeland, train Afghans in a way that allows them to stabilize their country," Obama replied.
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A recent study from Ohio State reconfirms that the freshman fifteen may actually be a "myth."
Dr. Susan Albers: Freshman 15: Fact or Fiction? Dr. Susan Albers 2011
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Maybe this is why: A new CBS poll reconfirms that Americans are pretty ambivalent about the law -- rendering dubious earlier GOP claims of a clear mandate for repeal -- but it also indicates that most don't want Republicans to defund it.
Stephen Stromberg: Yes, the GOP overpromised on health care defunding Stephen Stromberg 2011
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Mr. Schiller's profile of minimum-wage earners reconfirms that a higher minimum wage will not materially reduce the proportion of families living in poverty.
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The woman who climbed the scaffold rather than yield her humanity strengthens my courage and reconfirms my determination.
Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer Lucy Weston 2011
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Bin Laden's death "reconfirms that we can focus on al-Qaeda, focus on the threats to our homeland, train Afghans in a way that allows them to stabilize their country," Obama replied.
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