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rediscovery

British  
/ ˌriːdɪˈskʌvərɪ /

noun

  1. the act, process, or an instance of discovering (something) again

"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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The rediscovery of Homer, alien obsessions, a novel of the Roman Republic’s fall and more.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 30, 2026

While the research has been hailed as a significant "rediscovery", mystery remains around the meaning behind the art.

From BBC Jun. 1, 2026

Before this rediscovery, no confirmed sightings had occurred for nearly 60 years.

From Science Daily May 18, 2026

The discovery — or rediscovery — of these cultural artifacts isn’t trivial.

From Salon May 12, 2026

He had originally proposed the concept in Hereditary Genius as early as 1869—thirty years before the rediscovery of Mendel—but left the idea unexplored, concentrating, instead, on the mechanism of heredity.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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