reintroduce

verb

re·​in·​tro·​duce (ˌ)rē-ˌin-trə-ˈdüs 

-ˈdyüs

reintroduced; reintroducing

transitive verb

: to introduce (someone or something) again

efforts to reintroduce the animals into the wild

They'd been touring hard, reintroducing themselves to audiences nearly a decade after going their separate ways.

—James Sullivan

… the company has taken the bold step of reintroducing hits from the past.

—Lynn Yaeger

reintroduction

(ˌ)rē-ˌin-trə-ˈdək-shən 

noun

plural reintroductions

Three years later it became the core site for reintroduction of the red wolf, a species officially extinct in the wild.

—Cheryl Lyn Dybas

Examples of reintroduce in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

After winning The Voice in 2013 at age 16, Danielle Bradbery, now about to be 27, is ready to reintroduce herself to the world. —Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 8 June 2024

The two share a hug and are finally reintroduced like Blue and Jeremy were earlier in the film. —Lauren Huff, EW.com, 17 May 2024

But in the fall of 2023 federal agencies had released a plan to reintroduce grizzly bears to the U.S. portion of the North Cascades Ecosystem—a mountainous region roughly the size of Vermont, located within a couple hours’ drive from coastal cities, including Seattle and Bellingham. —Benjamin Cassidy, Scientific American, 14 May 2024

Colin—who has emerged, radiant, in a black dress and reintroduced herself as Coleen—asks Lilly, who’s holding a pigeon. —Sara Holdren, Vulture, 8 May 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1642, in the meaning defined above