refile
Americanverb (used with object)
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Herrera’s campaign said he plans to refile an amended financial disclosure.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026
The company plans to refile its application for its gene therapy for a fatal brain disease after the FDA dropped demands to give a placebo to some study subjects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
What’s Next: With Monday’s agreement, Novo said it would dismiss the patent infringement lawsuit against Hims, but reserve the right to refile in the future.
From Barron's ● Mar. 10, 2026
The prosecutors asked that the case be dismissed without prejudice, meaning they could refile charges in the future.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 21, 2026
You can refile the patent application and add this information about the moisture content.
From The Professional Approach by Schoenherr, John
On Monday, Rana refiled the lawsuit in New York state court, with his lawyer attributing the weeklong takedown to a clerical error.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026
Days later, a federal judge struck the lawsuit, though it was soon amended and refiled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025
Five cases have been dismissed without prejudice — meaning they could be refiled — and records show nine have been filed as misdemeanors, which do not require a grand jury indictment to proceed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2025
They wrote that Lively had refused their "reasonable request that the withdrawal of such claims be with prejudice" opening up the possibility they could be refiled.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2025
"Things were revealed, but better say it right out, they were filthy, therefore, things were refiled."
From A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Freud, Sigmund
You can bring that up in an appeal, refiling, or a motion.
From Slate ● Dec. 11, 2025
They returned to Flint courts and argued the charges could be easily revived with a simple refiling of documents.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 20, 2023
However, the City of Houston has now indicated they plan on refiling the cases that were dismissed without prejudice.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2023
Before refiling the suit, Mr. Spofford’s lawyers told the judge, they needed the recordings and notes of Ms. Chooljian’s interviews with certain sources, including two who had spoken to her on a confidential basis.
From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2023
After speaking with Darnell, I thought about refiling his assertions before the case went up on appeal and maybe, just maybe, we could persuade local officials to retreat from the case against Walter.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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