reinstate
verb
re·in·state
ˌrē-ən-ˈstāt 
reinstated; reinstating
1
: to place again (as in possession or in a former position)
2
: to restore to a previous effective state
Examples of reinstate in a Sentence
After his name was cleared, he was reinstated as committee chairperson.
The school board voted to reinstate the school's uniform policy.
the year the death penalty was reinstated
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The court reinstated Proposition 4, which says congressional districts need to be drawn by an independent redistricting commission and cannot favor one party over the other, to rule that the 2021 map was drawn in violation of the proposition.
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Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 7 Oct. 2025
She was banned from Facebook in 2019 and from X, then known as Twitter, in 2018, but her account on the latter platform was reinstated after Elon Musk bought the company.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
Lawyers fear the potential implications of the missing staff in the oversight offices if the roles are not reinstated.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 6 Oct. 2025
Hoping to keep the Solar for All program on track, the group has asked a jury to declare the program's termination unlawful and issue an injunction requiring the EPA to reinstate the program.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 6 Oct. 2025
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Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 7 Oct. 2025
She was banned from Facebook in 2019 and from X, then known as Twitter, in 2018, but her account on the latter platform was reinstated after Elon Musk bought the company.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
Lawyers fear the potential implications of the missing staff in the oversight offices if the roles are not reinstated.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 6 Oct. 2025
Hoping to keep the Solar for All program on track, the group has asked a jury to declare the program's termination unlawful and issue an injunction requiring the EPA to reinstate the program.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 6 Oct. 2025
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“Reinstate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reinstate. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.
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reinstate
verb
re·in·state
ˌrē-ən-ˈstāt
reinstated; reinstating
: to place again in a former position or condition
reinstate an official
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