reconnect
verb
re·con·nect
(ˌ)rē-kə-ˈnekt 
reconnected; reconnecting; reconnects
: to connect again
The project … is reconnecting a road that was buried after a massive landslide …—
Juan Reyes
Juan ReyesThe organization also hosts family workshops that allow returning servicemen and women to reconnect with their children through woodworking projects such as bird houses.—Deborah Sullivan Brennan
Deborah Sullivan BrennanExamples of reconnect in a Sentence
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Crews from across the country are working to reconnect homes and businesses to the grid.
—Ashley R. Williams, CNN, 13 Oct. 2024
As the friends reconnect over perhaps too many drinks, old truths come out that their pairings were almost very different on the night the four of them first met.
—Jamie Lang, Variety, 7 Oct. 2024
When a mobile device switches between Wi-Fi connections or cell towers, the VPN must reconnect.
—PCMAG, 3 Oct. 2024
Kristofferson’s activism was present in his music, and in the 2000s and 2010s his sounds and lyrical ideas seemed to reconnect with music fans.
—Dennis Romero, NBC News, 30 Sep. 2024
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Ashley R. Williams, CNN, 13 Oct. 2024
As the friends reconnect over perhaps too many drinks, old truths come out that their pairings were almost very different on the night the four of them first met.
—Jamie Lang, Variety, 7 Oct. 2024
When a mobile device switches between Wi-Fi connections or cell towers, the VPN must reconnect.
—PCMAG, 3 Oct. 2024
Kristofferson’s activism was present in his music, and in the 2000s and 2010s his sounds and lyrical ideas seemed to reconnect with music fans.
—Dennis Romero, NBC News, 30 Sep. 2024
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“Reconnect.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reconnect. Accessed 30 Oct. 2024.
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