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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Still, Lamont wants to bend the rules this year and take $500 million from the savings program to finance a $200-per-person, one-time tax rebate in late October, days before voters will decide whether to reelect him to a third term.
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Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 9 Apr. 2026
On February 26, 2016, he was elected FIFA president for a period of three years, and reelected unopposed for four-year terms in 2019 and 2023.
—Sanat Pai Raikar, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Apr. 2026
The trustee would go on to back Harris to replace Henyard in the April 2025 township election and was reelected himself as trustee.
—Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
If Orbán is reelected, the EU could use that funding as a bargaining chip to extract concessions such as lifting his veto of the $104 billion to Ukraine, Hegedus said.
—Sam McNeil, Arkansas Online, 7 Apr. 2026
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Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 9 Apr. 2026
On February 26, 2016, he was elected FIFA president for a period of three years, and reelected unopposed for four-year terms in 2019 and 2023.
—Sanat Pai Raikar, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Apr. 2026
The trustee would go on to back Harris to replace Henyard in the April 2025 township election and was reelected himself as trustee.
—Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
If Orbán is reelected, the EU could use that funding as a bargaining chip to extract concessions such as lifting his veto of the $104 billion to Ukraine, Hegedus said.
—Sam McNeil, Arkansas Online, 7 Apr. 2026
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“Reelect.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reelect. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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