reunify
verb
re·uni·fy
(ˌ)rē-ˈyü-nə-ˌfī 
reunified; reunifying
: to unify again : to bring (people or things) or to be brought into a unit or a coherent whole after a period of separation
reunifying families that were separated in the war
reunified the children with their families
Of the four countries divided by World War II and the Cold War, Vietnam was the first to reunify.—
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And in Germany, there was growing angst over the far right’s increasing inroads, which were most pronounced in the former East, but felt all across a country that reunified nearly 35 years ago following the fall of the Berlin Wall.
—Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2024
Nationally, more states are undertaking projects that aim to help reunify families.
—Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 18 May 2024
Traditionally Protestant British unionists, who want to preserve Northern Ireland’s status within the U.K., and traditionally Catholic Irish nationalists, who aspire to reunify with the independent Republic of Ireland, would govern together.
—Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 30 May 2024
The goal, barring exceptional circumstances, should always be to keep the kids with mom or dad, or to reunify the family as fast as possible.
—Shari F. Shink, The Denver Post, 25 May 2024
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Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2024
Nationally, more states are undertaking projects that aim to help reunify families.
—Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 18 May 2024
Traditionally Protestant British unionists, who want to preserve Northern Ireland’s status within the U.K., and traditionally Catholic Irish nationalists, who aspire to reunify with the independent Republic of Ireland, would govern together.
—Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 30 May 2024
The goal, barring exceptional circumstances, should always be to keep the kids with mom or dad, or to reunify the family as fast as possible.
—Shari F. Shink, The Denver Post, 25 May 2024
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“Reunify.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reunify. Accessed 1 Jul. 2024.
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