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reset

[ree-set, ree-set] / riˈsɛt, ˈriˌsɛt /






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Newman said this would allow the city to "reset" for any workers in the city centre on Saturday morning.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

He said the tuition reset was one piece of a puzzle that aims to grow enrollment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

That ability to reset remains one of the major unanswered questions.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026

Mr. Ueda on Friday tried to reset expectations with a commitment to stay on guard against inflation even if price rises slow below the 2% target owing to softer energy prices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

“But the time for the reset has passed—it looks like Tris and Caleb stopped it.”

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth

By understanding how Spirostomum repeatedly triggers and resets its calcium-driven contraction system, researchers hope to uncover principles that could be adapted for synthetic devices.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026

According to the report, unlike the development of railways or the internet, the infrastructure of AI stands out because its building cycle resets every four to six years.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026

“Let’s spend the whole day together, let’s be connected, and it just resets us in a nice way for the week.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

Each time there is a lightning strike inside the distance, the countdown clock resets to 30 minutes.

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026

If you get eleven negatives and one positive, the requirement resets back to square one.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Teen accounts would default to two hours of cumulative daily use across Meta's apps, resetting at midnight.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

That’s one impression from the freakout now attending a repricing in global bond markets that’s resetting the global financial system to its pre-2008 level.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

Other states, such as California, have laws discouraging selling by only resetting values for local real estate taxes when properties change hands.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026

A year later, California entered the union as a free state, resetting the national debate on free versus slave states, eleven years before the Civil War.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026

While resetting the pegs for a fresh attempt, Kendra saw what she had been waiting for.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull




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