RECHARTER Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

recharter

verb

Definition of recharter

as in to charter

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Recent Examples of recharter Andrew Jackson explained his veto of Congress’s bill to recharter the Second Bank of the United States as being based on its unconstitutionality, even though the Supreme Court had approved Congress’s authority to so act years earlier. — Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2023 But their grip on the banking system soon succumbed to populist challenges, culminating in the failure, in 1832, of the attempt to recharter the federal government’s nationwide Bank of the United States. — Charles W. Calomiris, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2013

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That’s the mind-set, the mentality the Dolphins need in 2026 if this team plans to charter a new course for this franchise.

— Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 10 July 2026
Dickinson and his wife, Mary, were the namesakes for the first college — based in Carlisle, Pennsylvania — chartered after the founding of the United States.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 July 2026

Definition of charter

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The next day, Paxton’s office wrote to the conference warning that sanctioning Tech for supporting Sorsby was against the law and would carry consequences.

— Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 July 2026
Entities recently sanctioned include Cuba’s Ministry of Tourism, the country’s main energy company Cupet, and GAESA, the military conglomerate that controls about 40% of the country’s economy.

— Nora Gamez Torres, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026

Definition of sanction

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The board is expected to discuss the extreme measures Tuesday, Feb. 17. LAUSD employs more than 83,000 people, including teachers, administrators, certificated support personnel and substitutes, according to June 2025 data.

— Paris Barraza, USA Today, 16 Feb. 2026
Trustees at the Ramona Unified School District voted unanimously Thursday to send layoff notices to 12 classified and certificated staff members and keep 28 vacant positions unfilled as a way to balance the budget.

— Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Feb. 2026

Definition of certificate

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But implementation was pushed from 2026 to 2028 — urged by industry, ratified by Congress.

— Katrine Wallace, STAT, 15 July 2026
The whole point of originalism, as espoused by the late Justice Antonin Scalia and (in theory) the court’s current conservatives, is that the meaning of the Constitution depends on what the public thought its words meant when it was ratified.

— Noah Feldman, Mercury News, 14 July 2026

Definition of ratify

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Peptide proponents like Rosebush counter that pharmaceutical companies have no interest in running the kind of costly studies on these peptides that are needed to legitimize them because many of them can't be patented.

— Will Stone, NPR, 8 July 2026
Yet this argument requires senators to actively affirm Blanche, which would legitimize his naked corruption of the law.

— Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 26 June 2026

Definition of legitimize

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Zero will now embark on an extensive sea trial period, during which her systems will be tested and validated.

— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 13 July 2026
According to Chandana, about 80% of the technologies now flying on Vikram-1 — including its carbon-composite structures, solid propulsion system, avionics and thermal protection materials — were first validated during that mission.

— Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 13 July 2026

Definition of validate

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The bill does not establish mechanisms to address the provider shortage, though Oz has previously said that all states will have to revalidate all of their providers, which has led to months of disruption in Minnesota.

— O. Rose Broderick, STAT, 15 June 2026
By this point, Minnesota’s Human Services agency had already suspended new licenses in certain programs and started hiring additional staff to revalidate providers, as Oz had already threatened action against the state in December.

— Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 5 June 2026

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