reprocess
verb
re·pro·cess
(ˌ)rē-ˈprä-ˌses 
-ˈprō-,
-səs
reprocessed; reprocessing; reprocesses
: to subject to a special process or treatment in preparation for reuse
especially
: to extract uranium and plutonium from (the spent fuel rods of a nuclear reactor) for use again as fuel
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Collecting, sorting, storing and shipping the plastic for reprocessing often costs much more than plowing it into a landfill.
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Lisa Song, ProPublica, 9 Sep. 2024
William Smith, who heads the Atlanta Center for EMDR, is planning sessions using eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy to address PTSD — at least one for first responders and another for residents.
—Sam Whitehead, Renuka Rayasam and Andy Miller, CNN, 13 Sep. 2024
Who would have ever thought that a 6-year-old sitting in a hive of bees hunting queens, the lessons being taught to him then would lead to him being invited 45 years later to help explain an explosion in an atomic fuel reprocessing plant in Northeastern Siberia?
—William Mullane, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2024
The agency said at the time the forms would be reprocessed in the coming weeks.
—Daniella Silva, NBC News, 31 July 2024
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Lisa Song, ProPublica, 9 Sep. 2024
William Smith, who heads the Atlanta Center for EMDR, is planning sessions using eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy to address PTSD — at least one for first responders and another for residents.
—Sam Whitehead, Renuka Rayasam and Andy Miller, CNN, 13 Sep. 2024
Who would have ever thought that a 6-year-old sitting in a hive of bees hunting queens, the lessons being taught to him then would lead to him being invited 45 years later to help explain an explosion in an atomic fuel reprocessing plant in Northeastern Siberia?
—William Mullane, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2024
The agency said at the time the forms would be reprocessed in the coming weeks.
—Daniella Silva, NBC News, 31 July 2024
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reprocess
verb
re·pro·cess
rē-ˈpräs-ˌes
-ˈprōs-,
-es
: to subject to a special process or treatment in preparation for reuse
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