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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Words nearby retry

Retroviridae, retrovirus, retrude, retrusion, retrusive occlusion, retry, retsina, Rett's syndrome, retune, return, returnable

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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.
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Now, her defense team has assembled a sharp appeal that could retry the case from top to bottom.
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Martin has promised to retry the case, at a cost of further millions of dollars.
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The Board of Trade will not retry the question of what is the right minimum rate.
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