retry
/ (riːˈtraɪ) /
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verb -tries, -trying or -tried
(tr) to try again (a case already determined); give a new trial to
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How to use retry in a sentence
"The intervening loss of witnesses and evidence will likely make it impossible to retry," Scalia noted.
Now, her defense team has assembled a sharp appeal that could retry the case from top to bottom.
Martin has promised to retry the case, at a cost of further millions of dollars.
The Board of Trade will not retry the question of what is the right minimum rate.
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