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rerelease

American  
[ree-ri-lees] / ˌri rɪˈlis /

verb (used with object)

rereleased, rereleasing
  1. to release again.

    Some popular films are rereleased every few years.


noun

  1. something, as a film, that has been rereleased.

Etymology

Origin of rerelease

First recorded in 1945–50; re- + release


Example Sentences

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Keen to catch the rerelease, she bought tickets with her AMC A-List membership and roped in two friends for a screening that boasted a mixture of laughs, shock, and dead silence.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026

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

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

Which brings us to the bravura rerelease of “The Beatles: Anthology” series.

From Salon ● Nov. 21, 2025

And yet it’s getting more love today than ever: It was rereleased in theaters earlier this year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

After being out of print for decades, the author’s third novel, Survivor, has just been rereleased.

From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026

With the band’s recorded catalog lately being remixed, remastered and rereleased, in special editions with extra tracks, it was only logical that Apple would get around to the movies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 26, 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 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

But obviously he noticed the studio’s habit of rereleasing some of its most beloved titles to compete with and diminish the release of Bluth’s original features.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2022

Tech tools like digital watermarking, AI art and the uniting ethos of the blockchain, he said, go well beyond rereleasing albums to remaking an artist’s work in the present tense.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 26, 2022

Flouting the system, she’s rerecording and rereleasing her first six albums, allowing her to retain the rights to the new versions, and place a fresh spin on the songs.

From New York Times ● May 14, 2022

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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