reinstitute
verb
re·in·sti·tute
(ˌ)rē-ˈin(t)-stə-ˌtüt 
-ˌtyüt
reinstituted; reinstituting
: to institute (something) again
… in 1976, the year the Supreme Court reinstituted capital punishment.—
John Cloud
John CloudPresident Carter reinstituted draft registration in 1980 after a seven-year hiatus.—Stephen Wermiel
Stephen Wermiel
reinstitution
(ˌ)rē-ˌin(t)-stə-ˈtü-shən
noun
-ˈtyü-
Though Hagel stopped short of calling for a reinstitution of the draft, he did talk about the inequities of the current system, in which so many of America's soldiers are poor kids trying to move up a rung on the ladder of employment.
—Anna Quindlen
Anna Quindlen
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Jones Dickson cited Beam's shooting and a nonfatal shooting the day before at Skyline High School as the reason for a decision to reinstitute mandatory-minimum sentences for felony and misdemeanor gun crimes.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 17 Nov. 2025
After being abandoned at the federal level after WWI, the U.S. government reinstituted daylight saving time on an emergency basis throughout the mid to late 20th century.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 1 Nov. 2025
Bookstores started reinstituting the horror shelf.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2025
Newsom made very clear that his actions are solely a response to the Texas plan and that California's nonpartisan map drawing approach would be reinstituted at a later date.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
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Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 17 Nov. 2025
After being abandoned at the federal level after WWI, the U.S. government reinstituted daylight saving time on an emergency basis throughout the mid to late 20th century.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 1 Nov. 2025
Bookstores started reinstituting the horror shelf.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2025
Newsom made very clear that his actions are solely a response to the Texas plan and that California's nonpartisan map drawing approach would be reinstituted at a later date.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for reinstitute
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“Reinstitute.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reinstitute. Accessed 3 Jan. 2026.
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