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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The term refers to a set of free-market reforms that James A. Baker, then Treasury secretary under Ronald Reagan, said developing countries should adopt to reestablish themselves as creditworthy. —

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Sean Stein Smith, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024 These two invasive plants are quick to reestablish after a wildfire, and the group has helped with a lot of this habitat work in the past. —

Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 10 Oct. 2024 Such capacity is necessary first to reestablish deterrence, and then to defeat foreign adversaries should deterrence fail. —

Nadia Schadlow, Foreign Affairs, 9 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for reestablish