reset
verb (used with object)
to set again.
Example Sentences
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When he leaves, the landlord resets the rent to market value with new renovations, and the new tenant gets the same protections as the previous tenant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
ARMs are offered with varying initial fixed-rate periods and periods for rate resets.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
By understanding how Spirostomum repeatedly triggers and resets its calcium-driven contraction system, researchers hope to uncover principles that could be adapted for synthetic devices.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
The adaptation resets Sophocles’ tragedy to Aztec culture in a transposition that is both visually and musically enlivening.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
We have—what—five weeks of normalcy, and then the whole world resets.
From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli
