reelect
verb
re·elect
ˌrē-ə-ˈlekt 
reelected; reelecting; reelects
: to elect for another term in office
Examples of reelect in a Sentence
He was reelected to the school committee.
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Bisignano said, referring to being the fifth person put in charge of the critical agency since Trump was reelected in November.
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Will Steakin, ABC News, 22 May 2025
Biden spoke haltingly, and struggled to articulate why he should be reelected to the office.
—Terry Gross, NPR, 20 May 2025
After finishing first in a field of 11 candidates in 2019 Buchanan finished third in a five candidate field in 2023, but was reelected.
—Bob Skolnik, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2025
Former President Biden’s aides considered the possibility of putting him in a wheelchair if he was reelected to a second term, an unreleased book authored by CNN’s Jake Tapper and Axios’s Alex Thompson reveals.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 13 May 2025
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Will Steakin, ABC News, 22 May 2025
Biden spoke haltingly, and struggled to articulate why he should be reelected to the office.
—Terry Gross, NPR, 20 May 2025
After finishing first in a field of 11 candidates in 2019 Buchanan finished third in a five candidate field in 2023, but was reelected.
—Bob Skolnik, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2025
Former President Biden’s aides considered the possibility of putting him in a wheelchair if he was reelected to a second term, an unreleased book authored by CNN’s Jake Tapper and Axios’s Alex Thompson reveals.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 13 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for reelect
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“Reelect.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reelect. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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