reprocessed
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of reprocessed
1935–40; re- + processed ( def. )
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Plutonium can be reprocessed from the spent fuel extracted from nuclear reactors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 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
The devices are reprocessed in a joint laboratory with World Medical Relief in Southfield, Mich., and Northeast Scientific, Inc., re-sterilizes them free of charge in Connecticut.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 20, 2024
In the past year, China has stepped up exports to Vietnam and Mexico, where goods can be reprocessed and then shipped on to the United States or Europe with low or no tariffs.
From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2024
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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