rerelease
Americanverb (used with object)
noun
Etymology
Origin of rerelease
Example Sentences
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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
That’s how she wound up pitching a “Taylor’s Version”-style rerelease of her backlist to a handful of desired publishers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2026
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
In a surprise, No. 2 at the box office went to the Walt Disney Co. rerelease of “Star Wars: The Phantom Menace.”
From Seattle Times ● May 5, 2024
Some of these logs became public in 2015 from litigation between Epstein and lawyers representing his victims, and were rereleased by the Justice Department in February 2025.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
Her memoir, now rereleased, tells of a life much larger even than her considerable literary output.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 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
The 2000 CD rereleased of the album included the bonus track “Christmas with the Devil.”
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 29, 2023
The single has been released on so many compilation albums and has been rereleased many times, so it’s just amazing how little impact it ever makes.
From Salon ● Nov. 30, 2015
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
Does it have anything to do with … you know … a certain musician rereleasing one of her most popular albums, with a title referencing the year she was born?
From New York Times ● Oct. 27, 2023
Elton John is celebrating the 50th anniversary of his legendary Troubadour concerts by rereleasing a limited edition of his 1970 self-titled album.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 29, 2022
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
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