reentry
noun
re·en·try
(ˌ)rē-ˈen-trē 
1
: a retaking possession
especially
: entry by a lessor on leased premises on the tenant's failure to perform the conditions of the lease
2
: a second or new entry
3
: a playing card that will enable a player to regain the lead
4
: the action of reentering the earth's atmosphere after travel in space
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Last year, the number of space operations increased to 164, and the US industry is on track to conduct more than 200 commercial launches and reentries in 2025.
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ArsTechnica, 15 June 2025
Because of this second chance, Muhammad now serves his community as a youth mentor in Baltimore, a reentry coordinator with We Our Us, and a sentencing reform advocate.
—Kara Gotsch, Baltimore Sun, 11 June 2025
His ongoing work in prison reform highlights the need for policies that focus on rehabilitation, support reentry, and recognize the inherent potential within every individual to contribute meaningfully to society.
—Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
The goal of these efforts is to reduce recidivism, said Judy Dawson, the Sheriff’s Office’s director of diversion and reentry programs.
—Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2025
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ArsTechnica, 15 June 2025
Because of this second chance, Muhammad now serves his community as a youth mentor in Baltimore, a reentry coordinator with We Our Us, and a sentencing reform advocate.
—Kara Gotsch, Baltimore Sun, 11 June 2025
His ongoing work in prison reform highlights the need for policies that focus on rehabilitation, support reentry, and recognize the inherent potential within every individual to contribute meaningfully to society.
—Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
The goal of these efforts is to reduce recidivism, said Judy Dawson, the Sheriff’s Office’s director of diversion and reentry programs.
—Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2025
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“Reentry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reentry. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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reentry
noun
re·en·try
(ˈ)rē-ˈen-trē
1
: a second or new entry
2
: the action of reentering the earth's atmosphere after travel in space
Medical Definition
reentry
noun
re·en·try
(ˈ)rē-ˈen-trē
plural reentries
: a cardiac mechanism that is held to explain certain abnormal heart actions (as tachycardia) and that involves the transmission of a wave of depolarization along an alternate pathway when the original pathway is blocked with return of the impulse along the blocked pathway when the alternate pathway is refractory and then transmission along the open pathway resulting in an abnormality
Legal Definition
reentry
noun
re·en·try
ˌrē-ˈen-trē
: a retaking possession of property by a lessor or grantor in exercise of the right to do so upon the failure of the lessee or grantee to fulfill a covenant or condition see also power of termination at power sense 2b
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