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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of retweet.

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Examples

  • The power of retweets is only felt when a chain reaction is started sending ripples across various networks.

    How to Make Your Site go Viral on Twitter | Write to Done 2009

  • Previously, it was also stated that the retweet function will only gather up to 100 retweets, which is limiting.

    New Twitter Retweets Take A Little Peek Around Leena Rao 2005

  • That includes original Twitter messages plus rebroadcasting of those messages via so-called retweets and replies.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Barrie McKenna 2011

  • That includes original Twitter messages plus rebroadcasting of those messages via so-called retweets and replies.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Barrie McKenna 2011

  • The retweets are a meaningful metric for tracking the interest, that the issue of loose nuclear materials has sparked, and hopefully signifies strong interest making our world more secure from the dangers of these nuclear materials.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • I think the way that Tweetie 2.1 does the retweets is the best one, an image within an image.

    The Next Web Tim Difford 2009

  • It is also possible to see posts that were obviously "retweets" but with no attribution to the original source.

    Boing Boing 2009

  • Essentially, a sponsored tweet gains points based on factors such as retweets, favorites, impressions, and clicks.

    Original Signal - Transmitting Web 2.0 2010

  • Even if you're already following (thank you!) how about passing the word along to some friends, maybe some "retweets" to help introduce me to your network?

    Shakespeare Geek Duane 2010

  • The data is sent as blobs of JSON that describe messages and events, such as retweets and message deletion.

    LXer Linux News Ryan Paul 2010

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