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Recent Examples of reenlist
The financial incentives to reenlist in the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines increased dramatically from 2022 through last year, with the Navy vastly outspending the others, according to funding totals provided by the services.
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Arkansas Online, 26 May 2025
Dill said anyone who wants to reenlist must meet all military health and fitness standards and moral requirements, and will have to provide tax records and other paperwork.
—Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 9 Apr. 2025
Merit wants to go to college, but Zoe − who seems to have little support from friends or relatives − is skeptical and threatens to reenlist.
—Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025
Initially sunk and abandoned after sustaining substantial battle damage, Japanese forces managed to raise the destroyer, repair it, and reenlist it against America as a naval convoy escort.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 3 Oct. 2024
About 800,000 students and workers, on Friday alone, across the country expressed a desire to enlist or reenlist in the military to counter the United States, the Rodong Sinmun newspaper reported.
—Reuters, NBC News, 18 Mar. 2023
About 800,000 students and workers, on Friday alone, across the country expressed a desire to enlist or reenlist in the military to counter the United States, North Korea’s state newspaper Rodong Sinmun newspaper reported on Saturday.
—Reuters, CNN, 18 Mar. 2023
Arkansas Online, 26 May 2025
Dill said anyone who wants to reenlist must meet all military health and fitness standards and moral requirements, and will have to provide tax records and other paperwork.
—Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 9 Apr. 2025
Merit wants to go to college, but Zoe − who seems to have little support from friends or relatives − is skeptical and threatens to reenlist.
—Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025
Initially sunk and abandoned after sustaining substantial battle damage, Japanese forces managed to raise the destroyer, repair it, and reenlist it against America as a naval convoy escort.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 3 Oct. 2024
About 800,000 students and workers, on Friday alone, across the country expressed a desire to enlist or reenlist in the military to counter the United States, the Rodong Sinmun newspaper reported.
—Reuters, NBC News, 18 Mar. 2023
About 800,000 students and workers, on Friday alone, across the country expressed a desire to enlist or reenlist in the military to counter the United States, North Korea’s state newspaper Rodong Sinmun newspaper reported on Saturday.
—Reuters, CNN, 18 Mar. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reenlist
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However, she was let go after prosecutors didn’t bring any charges against her and Hamp rejoined the company in 2022.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
2 Sep. 2025
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Kim is expected to rejoin the Dodgers when rosters expand to 28 on Monday.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
30 Aug. 2025
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In addition to political persecution, returning Venezuelans would reenter a country teetering on collapse—maligned by hyperinflation, soaring unemployment, rampant crime, frequent power outages, water shortages and chronic scarcities of food and medicine.—
Antonio Maria Delgado,
Miami Herald,
3 Sep. 2025
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Blackshear then came up gimpy, favoring his right ankle, and didn’t reenter the contest.—
Mike Kaye,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Aug. 2025
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The company will also put information about the need to reenroll at its network pharmacies and use online advertising such as on Facebook and Google.—
Phil Galewitz,
Fortune,
7 Mar. 2023
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Coverage runs for a year, and families can reenroll at the end of that year.—
Jenna Carlesso,
Hartford Courant,
10 Jan. 2023
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The words flowed freely for the first couple of hours, with quick coffee re-ups helping to keep the blood circulating.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
22 Aug. 2025
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The Grizz were able to keep JJJ, their top offseason priority, along with re-upping the Patriot League’s finest, Aldama, at a reasonable number.—
David Aldridge,
New York Times,
21 Aug. 2025
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“Reenlist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reenlist. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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