reelect
verb
re·elect
ˌrē-ə-ˈlekt 
reelected; reelecting; reelects
: to elect for another term in office
Examples of reelect in a Sentence
He was reelected to the school committee.
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Simms was elected state’s attorney in 1990 and reelected in 1994.
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Peter Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 6 June 2025
Poland's president serves for a five-year period and may be reelected once under the country's constitution.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 June 2025
Snyder, a Republican, was first elected mayor in 2011 and reelected in 2015, a term cut short by his federal conviction in February 2019.
—Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2025
Questions over the true extent of Biden’s health problems have been fueled by reporting in a new book by CNN’s Jake Tapper and Axios’s Alex Thompson, which exposed concerns from senior White House aides such as whether Biden would need a wheelchair if he was reelected.
—Alex Gangitano, The Hill, 29 May 2025
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Peter Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 6 June 2025
Poland's president serves for a five-year period and may be reelected once under the country's constitution.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 June 2025
Snyder, a Republican, was first elected mayor in 2011 and reelected in 2015, a term cut short by his federal conviction in February 2019.
—Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2025
Questions over the true extent of Biden’s health problems have been fueled by reporting in a new book by CNN’s Jake Tapper and Axios’s Alex Thompson, which exposed concerns from senior White House aides such as whether Biden would need a wheelchair if he was reelected.
—Alex Gangitano, The Hill, 29 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for reelect
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“Reelect.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reelect. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.
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