refile
Americanverb (used with object)
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Lin dismissed the lawsuit in February over a lack of evidence and allowed xAI to refile a complaint the following month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
Blumenfeld dismissed the lawsuit in March 2025 but allowed SpaceX to amend and refile its complaint.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2026
In light of the agreement announced Monday, Novo said it would dismiss the patent infringement lawsuit against Hims “while reserving the right to refile in the future.”
From Barron's ● Mar. 9, 2026
The cases were dismissed "without prejudice", meaning the justice department could potentially refile the case at a later date.
From BBC ● Nov. 24, 2025
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
The judge dismissed the cases without prejudice, which means they can be refiled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 2025
Felony charges against Ramos-Brito and two related defendants, Ashley and Joceline Rodriguez, were also dismissed, though prosecutors refiled misdemeanor cases against them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2025
The initial complaint was dropped in December 2022, but refiled a month later.
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2025
Returned tapes were dropped through a hopper and refiled automatically.
From Deathworld by Dongen, H. R. van
You can bring that up in an appeal, refiling, or a motion.
From Slate ● Dec. 11, 2025
Last month they amended their complaint, refiling it in L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 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
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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