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re-educate

British  

verb

  1. to teach or show (someone) something new or in a different way

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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"Now we know that the donated blood stem cells re-educate the recipient animal's immune system to not only accept the donated islets, but also not attack its healthy tissues, including islets," Kim said.

From Science Daily Nov. 26, 2025

This was one way to re-educate the world and show them who Native people really are.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 8, 2023

She said: "Teachers are now having to develop their own resources to re-educate boys who are being brainwashed online by his deeply toxic messaging."

From BBC Feb. 1, 2023

We also get to re-educate the world on why Black history is so important to all sectors on this planet, without bashing anyone around the head with it.

From New York Times Jan. 2, 2023

This remark is of capital importance, and explains why results are so unsatisfactory when, in treating moral ailments, one strives to re-educate the will.

From Self Mastery Through Conscious Autosuggestion by Coué, Emile

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