rehydrate
Americanverb (used with object)
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They became a bigger selling point for beverages after Gatorade, launched in the 1960s, and Powerade, launched in the 1980s, marketed them as a something that could help athletes rehydrate.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 11, 2026
The referee blows his whistle to stop the game 22 minutes into each half to allow players to rehydrate.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
“One of the things that I do in this recipe is rehydrate milk powder. That sort of simulates khoa without all the effort, which I feel makes a huge difference,” Selvaraju adds.
From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2025
You freeze-dry it and you rehydrate it on the battlefield with drinking water, and that’s it.
From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2025
First I fill my bottle with the pool water, treat it, and when enough time has passed, begin to rehydrate my body.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
Three Iranian men pressed rehydrated raisins at an artisan distillery just outside New York, thousands of miles from their war-struck homeland.
From Barron's ● May 2, 2026
To make the treatment more convenient, they said, the device can be freeze-dried for storage and easily rehydrated when needed.
From Science Daily ● May 30, 2024
A day earlier, Defense Minister Iván Velásquez had said the children were being rehydrated and couldn’t eat food yet.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 11, 2023
He was rehydrated with serums and an attempt was made to introduce liquid foods, but it was too late and and he died on Wednesday.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2023
Dried biscuits, rehydrated and quick-baked, were added to the feast.
From The Runaway Asteroid by Cooper, Michael D., [pseud.]
Grab some tissues and rehydrating electrolytes to prepare for this gorgeous drama to wreck you in the best way.
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2025
The key to salvaging it - other than sandwiches slathered with mayonnaise - is rehydrating it in a flavorful sauce that turns it into a completely different meal.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 25, 2023
At Kuwadzana Polyclinic, cholera patients lined up in a special tent set up for them and were given a cup of rehydrating sugar and salt solution on arrival.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 20, 2023
People worldwide and across the West are already rehydrating, rather than dehydrating, the land.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 20, 2023
If he forgot his water bottle, he had to train without rehydrating in the hot Mallorcan sun.
From BBC ● May 25, 2021
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