reintroduce

verb

re·​in·​tro·​duce (ˌ)rē-ˌin-trə-ˈdüs How to pronounce reintroduce (audio)
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reintroduced; reintroducing

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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This cloud threatened to take over season 16, but the Grenada trip nipped it in the bud, reintroducing lightness and banter. Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 16 June 2025 But a version of it lived on in the form of legislation proposed by Cory Booker, the Democratic senator, in 2018, and subsequently reintroduced, in 2023, by Booker and Representative Ayanna Pressley. John Cassidy, New Yorker, 16 June 2025 The motion was vocally reintroduced at Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham as deliberation is already underway in the Read trial. Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 16 June 2025 The bison, who were reintroduced to the prairie in 2022, are part of a plan to naturalize the park’s landscape by restoring the oak savanna and prairie landscape of the past. Mars King, Twin Cities, 15 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for reintroduce

Word History

First Known Use

1642, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 30 Jun. 2025.

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