retrain
verb (used with object)
to train again, especially for a different vocation or different tasks.
was retraining
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past progressiveof retrain.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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One father, David from London, whose wife was retraining to be an occupational therapist, told the BBC last year that he was devastated after realising they didn't qualify because she wasn't earning at the time.
From BBC ● Dec. 31, 2025
Nadeem Halal Meat & Grocery apologised and said it was retraining staff.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2024
The company says it was retraining many of its employees to work in its e-commerce and health care businesses or even helping them prepare for jobs outside Walmart.
From New York Times ● Feb. 26, 2020
When he announced he was stepping down from politics in November, he also revealed he was retraining as a gym instructor.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 9, 2020
He had recently mustered out of the Army Signal Corps and was retraining his artistic abilities from mapmaking to designing children’s coloring books.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 5, 2019
