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- verb Present participle of
re-attach .
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Examples
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As I pulled past the big window in the front of the store, I waved at the mechanic and salesman who told me that re-attaching the cable would not get the car started.
Local Mechanic Does For $52.27 What Belle Tire Said Cost $1000 - The Consumerist 2009
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The irony is that modern technology has indeed progressed so much, to be able to fix technical things like excising a brain tumor or re-attaching a severed arm.
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This may be part of the excruciating but necessary process of re-attaching investment strategies and instruments to the actual structure and operation of the economy. anonymiss Says:
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This time, she has set herself to create patterns in which each row is complete, with no dp needles dangling anywhere at the end of it; and cutting and re-attaching are not allowed.
Jean's Knitting Jean 2009
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This time, she has set herself to create patterns in which each row is complete, with no dp needles dangling anywhere at the end of it; and cutting and re-attaching are not allowed.
Archive 2009-09-01 Jean 2009
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After five minutes loitering, I asked a fifth member of staff – busy re-attaching a price label to a shelf – for help.
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I daresay it will keep dentists and occular surgeons busy replacing fillings and re-attaching retinas respectively!
Odds and Ends 2008
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I applied for it on Sept. 9, but just in case, I am re-attaching my resume.
You’re Better Than Your Job Search Marc Cenedella 2010
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She's 82 now, so she's slowing down a bit, but some of her most recent home repairs are replacing her garbage disposal, taking apart her snowblower and re-attaching a part that came loose, replacing the spark plugs on her lawnmower, and cleaning out her gutters.
Katie Saddlemire: To Mom, With Love: HuffPosters Share Their Mother's Day Stories 2009
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Not only was my surgeon going to remove the cancerous tumor and do a hysterectomy, she was optimistic about re-attaching my colon.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Cancer Book Jack Canfield 2009
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