reestablish

verb

re·es·tab·lish (ˌ)rē-i-ˈsta-blish

variants or re-establish

reestablished or re-established; reestablishing or re-establishing

transitive verb

: to establish (something or someone) again

Within one year he rallied his forces, invaded the delta, and reestablished his rule.—

Harry A. Gailey, Jr.

Those deals allowed Washington to reestablish diplomatic relations with Egypt and Syria …—

Robert D. Kaplan

Thanks to an extended captive breeding program, the California condor stands a chance of reestablishing itself in the wild.—

Todd Wilkinson

"He quickly reestablished himself as a top pitcher, arguably the best in this draft," says one NL scout who saw him throw.—

Albert Chen

NASA scientists lost contact with it right after the craft was ordered to pressurize its fuel tanks. All attempts to reestablish contact have failed.—

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reestablishment

(ˌ)rē-i-ˈsta-blish-mənt

noun

or re-establishment

… the reestablishment of formal diplomatic relations between the United States and the Holy See in 1984 … —

Thomas J. Reese

John's solitary tomb … is apt testimony to the central role of Florence in the re-establishment of the Roman Papacy. —

Richard Fremantle

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Tariffs were sharply lowered and became a less important source of federal revenue in the U.S. after a federal income tax was reestablished in 1913 — after having been imposed during the Civil War to pay for the costs of the conflict before being repealed in 1872. —

Dan Mangan, CNBC, 6 Feb. 2025 Rutte has warned alliance members that if the Russian invasion of Ukraine is allowed to succeed, the cost of reestablishing NATO's international credibility would be measured in the trillions, not billions, of dollars. —

Brendan Cole, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025 My proudest accomplishment is reestablishing an incredible, life-changing space for my students, even winning another championship. —

Dalton Ross, EW.com, 29 Jan. 2025 But the group has steadily managed to acquire an impressive amount of land on Montana’s Northern Great Plains in their effort to reestablish a functioning ecosystem that supports free-roaming wildlife. —

Ryan Krogh, Outside Online, 24 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for reestablish