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reseat

[ree-seet] / riˈsit /


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How many hundreds of dollars of extra expense were caused by the flooring contractor’s lack of understanding of how to properly reseat a toilet?

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 27, 2023

Landmark said it will upgrade the Playhouse 7’s sound and projection systems and, in the coming months, spruce up the facilities and reseat auditoriums.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2022

“But that doesn’t mean,” he continued, “that the court has the authority to reseat, simply, again, because there’s this prima facie case.”

From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2021

Once you reseat the original earbud, noise cancellation kicks back in.

From The Verge ● Aug. 11, 2021

But just as he has drawn one foot out of the stirrup and is balancing on the other, a sound reaches his ear, causing him to reseat himself in the saddle, and sit listening.

From Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco by F.C. Tilney

With a nod, Wilf goes and reseats himself on the cart and snaps the reins on his oxen.

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness

The count suddenly rises from his seat, then he hurriedly reseats himself.

From The Italians by Frances Elliot

The hussar is quite cool and quiet, soon reseats himself, and rejects the offer of a fussy little man in red to hold his horse.

From St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, Nov 1877-Nov 1878 No 1, Nov 1877 by Mary Mapes Dodge

Despairingly she reseats herself upon the side of the bed, and with head still buried in her hands, continues her soliloquy—no longer of things present, but reverting to the past.

From Gwen Wynn by Mayne Reid

Mr. Rand bounds angrily to his feet, then reseats himself suddenly, and without opening his lips.

From The Diamond Coterie by Lawrence L. Lynch

In meetings, Morris has reseated North Texas players who clustered together so they could meet other transfers and OSU holdovers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

With the full load, the notoriously fickle Switch started flashing on and off until I reseated it.

From The Verge ● May 18, 2022

The vibe turned into a sopping wet party of grateful diners who hovered while waiters reseated guests and rushed to haul in their unfinished plates — clearly a practiced routine.

From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2017

Eventually, the agitated man was reseated elsewhere, and once the plane took off, I curled into the side of the plane and cried as silently as I could.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 1, 2017

And then, presently, she returned to the kitchen, reseated herself at the kitchen table.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

When flights were less full, flight attendants say, reseating passengers so that family members could sit together wasn’t a problem.

From New York Times ● Nov. 8, 2011

When flights were less full, flight attendants say, reseating passengers so that a family could sit together wasn’t a problem.

From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2011

I hope Morlot will reconsider his reseating of the orchestra when he comes to conduct the major classical and romantic works that really need the violin sections split left and right.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 18, 2011

The rest of the program also benefited from Elder's orchestral reseating.

From Chicago Tribune ● Jan. 7, 2011

“Oh, she survived,” said Dumbledore, reseating himself behind his desk and indicating that Harry should sit down too.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling




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