re·com·mis·sion
(ˌ)rē-kə-ˈmi-shən 
recommissioned; recommissioning; recommissions
: to commission (something or someone) again
Councilors also agreed to recommission Don Keiser, the town's grant writer and planning administrator, to his post.—
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plural recommissions
: a second or subsequent commission
The US version of The Office has defied the normally brutally unforgiving logic of the American TV market, earning a recommission despite disappointing ratings.—The Guardian
The GuardianExamples of recommission in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebRinker Buck, WSJ, 10 Oct. 2021
To realistically remediate our nuclear-submarine shortfall, Congress needs to make the difficult decision to recommission the Charleston, S.C., and Mare Island, Calif., naval shipyards.
—WSJ, 2 Oct. 2022
The department then decided to recommission the ship for one more 110,000-mile voyage around the world to record both oceanographic and magnetic observations.
—Kimberly Bowker, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Mar. 2022
Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 3 Nov. 2023
Once demand began to climb last year, oil companies scrambled to rehire people and recommission drilling rigs.
—New York Times, 27 May 2022
Verb
After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, Guggenheim, in his early 50s, convinced Pentagon officials to recommission him as a lieutenant commander in the Navy.
—Rinker Buck, WSJ, 10 Oct. 2021
To realistically remediate our nuclear-submarine shortfall, Congress needs to make the difficult decision to recommission the Charleston, S.C., and Mare Island, Calif., naval shipyards.
—WSJ, 2 Oct. 2022
The department then decided to recommission the ship for one more 110,000-mile voyage around the world to record both oceanographic and magnetic observations.
—Kimberly Bowker, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Mar. 2022
Noun
This specific example also received a recent recommission by the Maserati factory, and of course, comes with all its original documentation.
—Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 3 Nov. 2023
Once demand began to climb last year, oil companies scrambled to rehire people and recommission drilling rigs.
—New York Times, 27 May 2022
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“Recommission.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recommission. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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