REIMPOSE Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

reimpose

verb

Definition of reimpose

as in to reapply

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Recent Examples of reimpose Some defense lawyers have sought to reimpose a freeze on proceedings, citing the uncertainty about Prospect’s ability to pay. — Peter Elkind, ProPublica, 9 Apr. 2026 That left the administration scrabbling for other ways to reimpose duties that were struck down. — Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 12 Mar. 2026 The administration misinterprets a Nixon-era law in its bid to reimpose tariffs struck down by the Supreme Court. — Editorial Board, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2026 Trump has already announced plans to reimpose 15 percent across-the-board tariffs under different legal authority, continuing the economic disruption. — Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for reimpose

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Now, Bronner's district is due to reapply for the provision next year.

— Juliana Kim, NPR, 3 Sep. 2026
The companies are expected to reapply for IPO approval when market conditions improve, the people familiar with the matter said.

— Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of reapply

Verb

That evening, during the prime-time news on Channel 12, a military reporter named Nir Dvori relayed the story nearly word for word.

— Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026
Gibson shared an email from Marshall Mayor Craig Thompson that relays that Peters issued the directive.

— Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of relay

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The Mizzou pass rush will need to enclose him in the pocket, even though that’s where Taylor prefers to inflict damage.

— PJ Green September 22, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2026
Lopez had been sentenced in Los Angeles County to 29 years in prison for assault with a semiautomatic firearm with enhancements for street gang activity, inflicting great bodily injury and use of a firearm, officials said.

— Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of inflict

Verb

Travelers are compelled to show their documents to soldiers or regime officials manning the checkpoints.

— Andrew Nachemson, The Dial, 22 Sep. 2026
But with no power to compel answers from the administration, they’ve been given little information about the deals.

— Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of compel

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The Hurricanes’ defense made a big stand, forcing a holding in the end zone for a safety.

— Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2026
Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Poland argues that artworks made by prisoners forced to do so in Nazi concentration camps are not their legal property.

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of force

Verb

If tensions heighten with an adversary, for example, the United States could model potential attacks on its own grid to figure out which vulnerabilities, if exploited, would wreak the most havoc.

— ANNE NEUBERGER, Foreign Affairs, 15 Sep. 2026
After an unreleased OpenAI model wreaked enough havoc to make international headlines, OpenAI delayed the development of a different unreleased model suite, Astra, in order to shore up its safety work, the company wrote Tuesday in a blog post.

— Hayden Field, The Verge, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of wreak

Verb

Russia is believed to be using a fleet of hundreds of ships to evade international sanctions imposed after Moscow sent troops into Ukraine in February 2022.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026
The legislation allows for the president to impose tariffs, but limits the scope of those tariffs to the five largest importers of Russian crude oil or gas and the top five countries that aid Russia's energy sanctions evasion.

— David Brennan, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of impose

Verb

By filing that brief handwritten petition, Kohberger is putting himself in the category of many criminal defendants before him, who have argued after the fact that their guilty pleas were coerced.

— Mark Guarino, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026
Williams also asked Saab whether anyone had threatened or coerced him into changing his plea.

— Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2026

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