reintroduce

verb

re·​in·​tro·​duce (ˌ)rē-ˌin-trə-ˈdüs How to pronounce reintroduce (audio)
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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 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

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As Levi’s has reintroduced itself to each generation, it’s rolled out new products, new tag lines and new ads. Evan Clark, WWD, 14 Mar. 2025 The United States is poised for financial innovation, as Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo. has reintroduced the Boosting Innovation, Technology, and Competitiveness through Optimized Investment Nationwide Act in the U.S. Senate. Becca Bratcher, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025 Congress has reintroduced the CROWN Act, a bipartisan effort to ban discrimination based on hairstyle or hair texture due to race. Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 13 Mar. 2025 As South Africa opened up and reintroduced itself on the global stage after the apartheid government fell in 1994, cultural villages became an important aspect of the tourism sector. Ashley Gardini, JSTOR Daily, 11 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for reintroduce

Word History

First Known Use

1642, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of reintroduce was in 1642

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“Reintroduce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reintroduce. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.

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