reappoint
verb
re·ap·point
(ˌ)rē-ə-ˈpȯint 
reappointed; reappointing; reappoints
: to name officially to a position for a second or subsequent time : to appoint again
reappointed her to the board
reappointment
noun
plural reappointments
These markets pretty much dictated … the reappointment of Alan Greenspan as Chairman of the Federal Reserve in 1996.
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Healey now has 30 days to reappoint a new CCC, which has been riddled with internal conflict for years.
—State House News Service, Boston Herald, 19 Apr. 2026
That same year, it was also sued over its decision to reappoint one of its own members after a resignation (Voice of OC).
—Tom Umberg, Oc Register, 16 Apr. 2026
Witzburg, whom no one believed Johnson was going to reappoint anyway, took herself out of the running last July, well before the six-month deadline.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
The council has reconvened since, but tensions between the mayor, council and the community escalated and included the mayor’s firing of the city’s fire chief; his veto of the council’s vote to reappoint the city clerk; and a Monday meeting that devolved, within minutes, into a shouting match.
—Nick El Hajj, Des Moines Register, 20 Mar. 2026
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State House News Service, Boston Herald, 19 Apr. 2026
That same year, it was also sued over its decision to reappoint one of its own members after a resignation (Voice of OC).
—Tom Umberg, Oc Register, 16 Apr. 2026
Witzburg, whom no one believed Johnson was going to reappoint anyway, took herself out of the running last July, well before the six-month deadline.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
The council has reconvened since, but tensions between the mayor, council and the community escalated and included the mayor’s firing of the city’s fire chief; his veto of the council’s vote to reappoint the city clerk; and a Monday meeting that devolved, within minutes, into a shouting match.
—Nick El Hajj, Des Moines Register, 20 Mar. 2026
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“Reappoint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reappoint. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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