reprocessed
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of reprocessed
1935–40; re- + processed ( def. )
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Sometimes a blade doesn't cool quite as planned, for example two crystals form within it instead of just one, and the metal alloy must be reprocessed so that the manufacturer may re-use the material.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
Would the fuel next be reprocessed to produce bomb-grade plutonium?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026
The much bigger trade is done in used cooking oil—or UCO—the leftover cooking oil that’s collected, filtered, and reprocessed to become a valuable industrial feedstock, particularly for biofuels.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2025
Instead, “Happy Gilmore 2” opts to recycle the same narrative beats of the first film, making the similarly reprocessed jokes feel even more stale.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2025
The other 20 percent, bearing lower credit ratings, generally were more difficult to sell, but they could, incredibly, simply be piled up in yet another heap and reprocessed yet again, into more triple-A bonds.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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