refile
verb
re·file
(ˌ)rē-ˈfī(-ə)l 
refiled; refiling
: to file (something) again
refile a case in a lower court
refiling misfiled documents
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Federal prosecutors can choose to refile the trespassing charges, which carried a possible one-year sentence.
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Luis Martinez, ABC News, 15 May 2025
The original lawsuit was dismissed and then refiled a day later.
—Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 12 May 2025
The woman never refiled, so Manhattan Federal Judge Lewis Liman tossed the case on Monday.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 1 Apr. 2025
The lawsuit, filed in 2023, was dismissed with prejudice on Wednesday, meaning it cannot be refiled.
—Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
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Luis Martinez, ABC News, 15 May 2025
The original lawsuit was dismissed and then refiled a day later.
—Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 12 May 2025
The woman never refiled, so Manhattan Federal Judge Lewis Liman tossed the case on Monday.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 1 Apr. 2025
The lawsuit, filed in 2023, was dismissed with prejudice on Wednesday, meaning it cannot be refiled.
—Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for refile
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“Refile.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/refile. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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