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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Many launch small businesses—over 200 to date—significantly outperforming typical reentry outcomes.
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Nell Derick Debevoise, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Barber had been serving a four-year sentence for robbery, theft/embezzlement from an elder or dependent adult and grand theft at a county reentry program facility.
—Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2025
In 1969, the Apollo 10 capsule reached a reentry rate of 24,791 mph: the fastest humans have ever traveled.
—Ben Oliver, Robb Report, 27 Apr. 2025
In 2024, there were a record 120 uncontrolled rocket debris reentries and 258 successful rocket launches.
—Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 21 Apr. 2025
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Nell Derick Debevoise, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Barber had been serving a four-year sentence for robbery, theft/embezzlement from an elder or dependent adult and grand theft at a county reentry program facility.
—Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2025
In 1969, the Apollo 10 capsule reached a reentry rate of 24,791 mph: the fastest humans have ever traveled.
—Ben Oliver, Robb Report, 27 Apr. 2025
In 2024, there were a record 120 uncontrolled rocket debris reentries and 258 successful rocket launches.
—Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 21 Apr. 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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