as in to rejoin
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Recent Examples of reenlist
Merit wants to go to college, but Zoe − who seems to have little support from friends or relatives − is skeptical and threatens to reenlist.
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Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025
Initially sunk and abandoned after sustaining substantial battle damage, Japanese forces managed to raise the destroyer, repair it, and reenlist it against America as a naval convoy escort.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 3 Oct. 2024
Arkansas' senators did support an amendment allowing service members to reenlist after refusing to get vaccinated for the coronavirus.
—Alex Thomas, Arkansas Online, 16 Dec. 2022
About 800,000 students and workers, on Friday alone, across the country expressed a desire to enlist or reenlist in the military to counter the United States, the Rodong Sinmun newspaper reported.
—Reuters, NBC News, 18 Mar. 2023
About 800,000 students and workers, on Friday alone, across the country expressed a desire to enlist or reenlist in the military to counter the United States, North Korea’s state newspaper Rodong Sinmun newspaper reported on Saturday.
—Reuters, CNN, 18 Mar. 2023
There was a 10% shortfall in the number of current Army National Guard soldiers who opted to reenlist.
—Julia Musto, Fox News, 8 Oct. 2022
The annual recruiting goal fluctuates as currently serving soldiers decide whether to reenlist or leave.
—Fox News, 13 Jan. 2022
The military asked veterans to reenlist.
—Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2021
Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025
Initially sunk and abandoned after sustaining substantial battle damage, Japanese forces managed to raise the destroyer, repair it, and reenlist it against America as a naval convoy escort.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 3 Oct. 2024
Arkansas' senators did support an amendment allowing service members to reenlist after refusing to get vaccinated for the coronavirus.
—Alex Thomas, Arkansas Online, 16 Dec. 2022
About 800,000 students and workers, on Friday alone, across the country expressed a desire to enlist or reenlist in the military to counter the United States, the Rodong Sinmun newspaper reported.
—Reuters, NBC News, 18 Mar. 2023
About 800,000 students and workers, on Friday alone, across the country expressed a desire to enlist or reenlist in the military to counter the United States, North Korea’s state newspaper Rodong Sinmun newspaper reported on Saturday.
—Reuters, CNN, 18 Mar. 2023
There was a 10% shortfall in the number of current Army National Guard soldiers who opted to reenlist.
—Julia Musto, Fox News, 8 Oct. 2022
The annual recruiting goal fluctuates as currently serving soldiers decide whether to reenlist or leave.
—Fox News, 13 Jan. 2022
The military asked veterans to reenlist.
—Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reenlist
Verb
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Allen rejoined Gang of Four for a reunion with the core lineup in the mid-’00s.—
Ashley Iasimone,
Billboard,
6 Apr. 2025
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And, of course, the rotation that Bubic has rejoined with a certain undaunted presence through a precarious path since being rapid-fired from A-ball to the majors in 2020.—
Vahe Gregorian,
Kansas City Star,
6 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Atop the chart, Ariana Grande’s 2024 album Eternal Sunshine reenters at No. 1 with 61,000 sold (up 5,338%).—
Keith Caulfield,
Billboard,
9 Apr. 2025
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Mistakenly Threatens To Deport Ukrainian Refugees: 'Depart' Arctic Sea Ice Melt Exposes US to New Threat She was told to reenter the U.S. and fill in new paperwork.—
John W. Dean,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Part of that initiative was undertaken in a public event last Friday as counselors and administrators, including Carvalho, worked the phones and hit the streets to identify students who have missed too much school, failed to reenroll or never enrolled in the first place.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Aug. 2022
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The company will also put information about the need to reenroll at its network pharmacies and use online advertising such as on Facebook and Google.—
Phil Galewitz,
Fortune,
7 Mar. 2023
Verb
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The re-up keeps the serial, which launched in 1987, on the network through its 41st year in 2027-28.—
Lynette Rice,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
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The Miami-Dade County Commission voted unanimously in November to re-up his chairmanship, despite Book having healthily exceeded the post’s term limits — two consecutive three-year stints.—
Max Klaver,
Miami Herald,
20 Mar. 2025
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“Reenlist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reenlist. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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