: an order like a previous order placed with the same supplier
Examples of reorder in a Sentence
Verb
I had to reorder the shirt because they sent the wrong size.
The book sold out the first day, and the store reordered 500 copies.
Call us when you're ready to reorder.
You need to reorder your priorities.
The coach reordered the batting lineup.
After her husband's death, she reordered her life.
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Lois Parshley, The Atlantic, 25 Aug. 2025
Add relevant skills and reorder them to ensure the most important appear at the top.
—Chelsea Tobin, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Dileep Rai, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Other Democrats are eager to get the spending bills passed, even without ironclad commitments from Republicans to not advance another rescissions package on Capitol Hill or from the administration to stop unilateral efforts to dismantle or reorder federal agencies.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 1 Aug. 2025
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Verb
What is clear is that implementing these changes would fundamentally reorder how and where protections are applied, and consequences would ripple across ecosystems.
—Lois Parshley, The Atlantic, 25 Aug. 2025
Add relevant skills and reorder them to ensure the most important appear at the top.
—Chelsea Tobin, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Noun
In supply chain management environments, AI agents can automate stock reorders through demand signal analysis, re-route shipments during disruptions and handle entire procurement processes.
—Dileep Rai, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Other Democrats are eager to get the spending bills passed, even without ironclad commitments from Republicans to not advance another rescissions package on Capitol Hill or from the administration to stop unilateral efforts to dismantle or reorder federal agencies.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 1 Aug. 2025
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“Reorder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reorder. Accessed 7 Sep. 2025.
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reorder
1 of 2 verb
re·or·der
(ˈ)rē-ˈȯrd-ər 
1
: to arrange in a different way
2
: to place a reorder
reorder
2 of 2 noun
: an order like a previous order placed with the same supplier
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