reinstate
verb
re·in·state
ˌrē-ən-ˈstāt 
reinstated; reinstating
1
: to place again (as in possession or in a former position)
2
: to restore to a previous effective state
Examples of reinstate in a Sentence
After his name was cleared, he was reinstated as committee chairperson.
The school board voted to reinstate the school's uniform policy.
the year the death penalty was reinstated
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It was eventually reinstated, but over the years the issue of actually sending people back has been a tricky one.
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Frey Lindsay, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
The impeachment trials of former President Yoon Suk Yeol and Prime minister Han Duck-soo dragged on in the first quarter, with the Constitutional Court striking down Han’s impeachment in March and reinstating him as acting president, before removing Yoon from office on April 4.
—Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2025
Luigi Mangione indicted on federal charges for CEO killing
Attorney General Pam Bondi already signaled that President Donald's Trump administration's intended to execute Mangione as part of the president's push to reinstate capital punishment.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 24 Apr. 2025
They were then reinstated pending legal challenges.
—Valerie Volcovici, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
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Frey Lindsay, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
The impeachment trials of former President Yoon Suk Yeol and Prime minister Han Duck-soo dragged on in the first quarter, with the Constitutional Court striking down Han’s impeachment in March and reinstating him as acting president, before removing Yoon from office on April 4.
—Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2025
Luigi Mangione indicted on federal charges for CEO killing
Attorney General Pam Bondi already signaled that President Donald's Trump administration's intended to execute Mangione as part of the president's push to reinstate capital punishment.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 24 Apr. 2025
They were then reinstated pending legal challenges.
—Valerie Volcovici, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
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“Reinstate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reinstate. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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reinstate
verb
re·in·state
ˌrē-ən-ˈstāt
reinstated; reinstating
: to place again in a former position or condition
reinstate an official
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