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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The scientists are now working to protect the few that remain in the Bay Area and reintroduce them to better habitats farther south. Mark Degraff, The Mercury News, 14 Dec. 2024 To add to the confusion, Marvel reintroduced many of the characters from Sony’s previous Spider-Man films to Spider-Man: No Way Home for nostalgia's sake (such as Doc Ock and Green Goblin), but these characters were not part of Sony’s Spider-Man Universe. Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024 And Olive Garden reintroduced its Never Ending Pasta Bowl promotion. Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 13 Dec. 2024 And in October, prosecutors reintroduced the charges that had been dropped earlier this year. Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 12 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for reintroduce 

Word History

First Known Use

1642, in the meaning defined above

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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 22 Dec. 2024.

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