reinstate
verb
re·in·state
ˌrē-ən-ˈstāt 
reinstated; reinstating
1
: to place again (as in possession or in a former position)
2
: to restore to a previous effective state
Examples of reinstate in a Sentence
After his name was cleared, he was reinstated as committee chairperson.
The school board voted to reinstate the school's uniform policy.
the year the death penalty was reinstated
Recent Examples on the Web
Inside Acacia Women’s Center, patients described a mix of fear, anger and anxiety after the State Supreme Court’s decision to reinstate a law that bans nearly all abortions.
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Jack Healy Caitlin O’Hara, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2024
That was a reference to a recent decision by the Arizona Supreme Court to reinstate a law from 1864 that bans nearly all abortions in the state.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Apr. 2024
Harvard University plans to reinstate the SAT or ACT as requirements for admission, following some of its Ivy League peers in returning to standardized test scores after a pause that was prompted by the pandemic.
—Janet Lorin, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2024
Meanwhile, the companion bill to the one the state Senate approved Tuesday had stalled in the state House last year after the expulsion of two Black lawmakers for advocating for gun control reforms on the House floor; both were quickly reinstated.
—Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN, 10 Apr. 2024
Riddle was put on administrative leave and reinstated Feb. 17, 2023.
—Sadie Lacicero, arkansasonline.com, 10 Apr. 2024
Mindful of the growing danger, Grossi has called urgently for the 2015 agreement to either be reinstated or replaced with a new version, to give Iran’s neighbors more clarity about its nuclear intentions.
—Joby Warrick, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2024
More than 1,300 people have signed a petition to reinstate the longtime administrator and hundreds of Jacobs’ supporters attended the Campbell Union High School District board meeting last week to voice their displeasure with the decision.
—Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2024
However, prosecutors initially chose not to reinstate the felony manslaughter charge, but instead to offer a misdemeanor plea.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 8 Apr. 2024
Jack Healy Caitlin O’Hara, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2024
That was a reference to a recent decision by the Arizona Supreme Court to reinstate a law from 1864 that bans nearly all abortions in the state.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Apr. 2024
Harvard University plans to reinstate the SAT or ACT as requirements for admission, following some of its Ivy League peers in returning to standardized test scores after a pause that was prompted by the pandemic.
—Janet Lorin, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2024
Meanwhile, the companion bill to the one the state Senate approved Tuesday had stalled in the state House last year after the expulsion of two Black lawmakers for advocating for gun control reforms on the House floor; both were quickly reinstated.
—Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN, 10 Apr. 2024
Riddle was put on administrative leave and reinstated Feb. 17, 2023.
—Sadie Lacicero, arkansasonline.com, 10 Apr. 2024
Mindful of the growing danger, Grossi has called urgently for the 2015 agreement to either be reinstated or replaced with a new version, to give Iran’s neighbors more clarity about its nuclear intentions.
—Joby Warrick, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2024
More than 1,300 people have signed a petition to reinstate the longtime administrator and hundreds of Jacobs’ supporters attended the Campbell Union High School District board meeting last week to voice their displeasure with the decision.
—Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2024
However, prosecutors initially chose not to reinstate the felony manslaughter charge, but instead to offer a misdemeanor plea.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 8 Apr. 2024
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reinstate
verb
re·in·state
ˌrē-ən-ˈstāt
reinstated; reinstating
: to place again in a former position or condition
reinstate an official
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