reelect
verb
re·elect
ˌrē-ə-ˈlekt 
reelected; reelecting; reelects
: to elect for another term in office
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He was reelected to the school committee.
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Governor Murphy was the first Democrat to be reelected in more than 40 years, and in that same span, three Republican governors were elected and reelected.
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Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025
Newsom was reelected by a 59% margin in November 2022.
—Solcyré Burga, Time, 12 June 2025
On Thursday, Netflix shareholders did reelect 11 of the company’s board members — co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters, chairman Reed Hastings, Richard Barton, Mathias Döpfner, Leslie Kilgore, Strive Masiyiwa, Ann Mather, Greg Peters, Susan Rice, Brad Smith and Anne Sweeney.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 6 June 2025
His appointment was approved, and White was sworn in with incumbent trustees Saba Khan, Ashur Shiba and Connie Travis, and Eileen Scanlon Harford who was reelected village clerk.
—Pioneer Press, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2025
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Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025
Newsom was reelected by a 59% margin in November 2022.
—Solcyré Burga, Time, 12 June 2025
On Thursday, Netflix shareholders did reelect 11 of the company’s board members — co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters, chairman Reed Hastings, Richard Barton, Mathias Döpfner, Leslie Kilgore, Strive Masiyiwa, Ann Mather, Greg Peters, Susan Rice, Brad Smith and Anne Sweeney.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 6 June 2025
His appointment was approved, and White was sworn in with incumbent trustees Saba Khan, Ashur Shiba and Connie Travis, and Eileen Scanlon Harford who was reelected village clerk.
—Pioneer Press, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2025
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“Reelect.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reelect. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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