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retest

British  
/ riːˈtɛst /

verb

  1. to test (something) again or differently

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In mid-January 2026, the share price has found support upon a retest of the S$0.430 level, the analyst notes.

From The Wall Street Journal

When soil contamination still exceeded state benchmarks after the initial cleanup, the state government redeployed cleanup workers to remove more dirt and then retest the properties.

From Los Angeles Times

Since completing a bullish morning star pattern on Nov. 24, there has been little follow through to the downside—a move that also marked a successful retest of a bull flag breakout from last July.

From Barron's

"Every time he would see me, it would be an hour and a half, sometimes two hours, and he would retest me every single time."

From BBC

It isn’t likely that a sober driver would receive a false positive, the spokesman says, and the system confirms any positive results with a retest.

From The Wall Street Journal