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  • verb Present participle of re-attach.

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Examples

  • 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

  • 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.

    A Talk with Paula Kamen, author of All in My Head 2010

  • 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:

    Matthew Yglesias » The New Gurus 2009

  • 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

  • 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

  • After five minutes loitering, I asked a fifth member of staff – busy re-attaching a price label to a shelf – for help.

    What can Apple learn from the Dixons boss? 2012

  • I daresay it will keep dentists and occular surgeons busy replacing fillings and re-attaching retinas respectively!

    Odds and Ends 2008

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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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