retrain
verb
re·train
(ˌ)rē-ˈtrān 
retrained; retraining; retrains
: to train again or anew
: to become trained again
Examples of retrain in a Sentence
The organization retrains people who have lost their jobs.
He is retraining for another job.
He retrained as a mechanic.
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The Senate should advance ethical AI frameworks, protect privacy, establish clear accountability, invest in workforce retraining programs, and ensure innovation benefits all sectors without undermining safety or civil liberties.
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Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
Beshear also stated that the agency needs to be reformed and its agents retrained.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 12 Feb. 2026
Last year, though, the Anthropic team inadvertently poisoned its own well by allowing the Jones Foods experiment, in which Claude faked its way through retraining, into the data set.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
In order to fine-tune ChatGPT for local markets, OpenAI does not retrain its models, which would be cost-prohibitive.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 6 Feb. 2026
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Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
Beshear also stated that the agency needs to be reformed and its agents retrained.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 12 Feb. 2026
Last year, though, the Anthropic team inadvertently poisoned its own well by allowing the Jones Foods experiment, in which Claude faked its way through retraining, into the data set.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
In order to fine-tune ChatGPT for local markets, OpenAI does not retrain its models, which would be cost-prohibitive.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 6 Feb. 2026
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“Retrain.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/retrain. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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