retread
Example Sentences
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Similarly, Raymond James analyst Chris Meekins said the plan unveiled on Thursday is “a retread of previously advocated-for positions and there is no legislative path forward for much of it, in our view.”
From MarketWatch • Jan. 15, 2026
But what if what seemed a tired retread was actually poised on the cutting edge of televised entertainment?
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025
If “Shadow of the Vampire” was a playful spin, Eggers’ “Nosferatu” is an utterly straight-faced and interminably dull retread of the 1922 original.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2024
“Gladiator II” and “Alien: Romulus” are Ridley Scott properties that heavily retread ground covered in the original conceits that inspired them.
From Salon • Dec. 9, 2024
And now, reviewing my past political life, were the option possible that I should retread the path.
From Memoirs of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan — Volume 02 by Moore, Thomas
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
