reintroduce

verb

reintroduced; reintroducing
Synonyms of reintroducenext

transitive verb

: to introduce (someone or something) again
efforts to reintroduce the animals into the wild
They'd been touring hard, reintroducing themselves to audiences nearly a decade after going their separate ways.James Sullivan
… the company has taken the bold step of reintroducing hits from the past.Lynn Yaeger
reintroduction noun
plural reintroductions
Three years later it became the core site for reintroduction of the red wolf, a species officially extinct in the wild. Cheryl Lyn Dybas

Examples of reintroduce in a Sentence

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It was reintroduced as a Winter Classic uniform in 2017, and the response was so overwhelming that the organization brought it back on a full-time basis in 2025-26. The Athletic Nhl Staff, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026 But these sequences were reintroduced to the human genome later in our history, so recombination should be far less frequent relative to a genome that’s been in the modern human lineage the whole time. ArsTechnica, 31 July 2026 Captive flocks were established, and Canada geese were reintroduced back into native areas by transplanting geese from those captive or existing flocks. Mark Vrtiska, The Conversation, 30 July 2026 Streaming platforms make their vast catalogs timeless, while pop culture moments, such as the blockbuster Michael Jackson biopic and TV placements, reintroduce their music to new, younger audiences. David Deal, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for reintroduce

Word History

First Known Use

1642, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of reintroduce was in 1642

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“Reintroduce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reintroduce. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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