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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

Farrell attended World Rugby's tackle school before this year's Six Nations, to re-educate banned players on the importance of tackling lower for safety, but former Scotland Andy Nicol said the fly-half "has not learned anything".

From BBC Aug. 16, 2023

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

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 8, 2023

Local authorities later stepped up efforts to track, control and re-educate Uyghurs.

From Reuters Jul. 15, 2022

But we'll begin in a small way to re-educate them with this picture.

From The Ego Machine by Kuttner, Henry

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