rerelease
Americanverb (used with object)
noun
Etymology
Origin of rerelease
Example Sentences
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In 2023, you spent a fair chunk of time looking back with the rest of Talking Heads for a rerelease of “Stop Making Sense.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
With his back against the wall, Walt decided to rerelease “Snow White” in theaters, seven years after its 1937 debut—hoping to generate income without incurring new production expenses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
The rerelease of “Z” was prefaced earlier this year with a full-album show at the Palladium.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2025
It’s also far behind the rerelease of 2016’s “Shin Godzilla,” a kaiju movie that’s mostly about the horrors of government bureaucracy.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2025
When distributors rerelease movies in theaters, on streaming services or on DVD, they may be required to resubmit the films to the ratings board.
From New York Times ● May 8, 2024
By January 2021, more than 20 American fast-food brands had introduced or rereleased chicken sandwiches, including Panda Express, which launched an Orange Chicken Sandwich.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026
Bigelow, a Greenwich Village pharmacy that made the plastic headbands Bessette was so fond of, reported a 500% sales increase since 2023, and Selima Optique have rereleased the style Bessette wore because of popular demand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
But what an ideal moment for a film like “I Shot Andy Warhol” to be restored and rereleased, when Solanas’ life and words deserve the complex reconsideration that Harron’s movie affords them.
From Salon ● Apr. 29, 2026
The book was first made public in 2015 and rereleased by the Justice Department in February 2025.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
It has been rereleased this year, reigniting a debate around its portrayal of Africa and the role of UK charities.
From BBC ● Dec. 16, 2024
So she started rerecording and rereleasing them on her own, creating an outside-the-box plan that didn't involve them.
From Salon ● May 10, 2025
And the distaste for shooting Bambi runs so deep that some communities prefer to spend significant money and resources capturing, sterilizing and rereleasing their deer — a strategy that doesn’t seem to work.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 23, 2021
In Japan, they put out the score, and now that we’re rereleasing the film and have a beautiful new master and transfer, it just seemed like, “Why don’t we put out that score?”
From Slate ● Nov. 17, 2020
Factory’s “Scream!” imprint, the boutique archival label is rereleasing three of its most popular titles in limited-edition Steelbook cases.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2017
And not long after, he instituted the idea of rereleasing the features every five years — which ultimately brought prodigious profits.
From New York Times ● Sep. 12, 2015
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