reelect
verb
re·elect
ˌrē-ə-ˈlekt 
reelected; reelecting; reelects
: to elect for another term in office
Examples of reelect in a Sentence
He was reelected to the school committee.
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The United States has reelected Donald Trump as president.
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Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 10 Nov. 2024
In Area 3, the incumbent and board president, Leandra Blades, is inching closer to being reelected with 54.37%.
—Alexcia Negrete, Orange County Register, 9 Nov. 2024
Many observers are confounded by voters’ willingness to roll the dice and reelect the intemperate Donald Trump as president.
—Kori Schake, Foreign Affairs, 8 Nov. 2024
Too many liberals forgot this, which explains how a figure like Trump, with his boisterous and transgressive disdain for liberal pieties, could be reelected to the presidency.
—Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 10 Nov. 2024
In Area 3, the incumbent and board president, Leandra Blades, is inching closer to being reelected with 54.37%.
—Alexcia Negrete, Orange County Register, 9 Nov. 2024
Many observers are confounded by voters’ willingness to roll the dice and reelect the intemperate Donald Trump as president.
—Kori Schake, Foreign Affairs, 8 Nov. 2024
Too many liberals forgot this, which explains how a figure like Trump, with his boisterous and transgressive disdain for liberal pieties, could be reelected to the presidency.
—Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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“Reelect.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reelect. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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