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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Perhaps no scene stresses the difference between the two productions more than when Gatsby reconnects with Daisy after years apart.
—Andrew Zucker, Washington Post, 19 June 2024
The report articulates a definitional framework with five distinct subgroups of young people, each of which faces a unique set of obstacles and requires a responsive set of interventions to successfully reconnect to school and work.
—Adhlere Coffy, Hartford Courant, 13 June 2024
Popular on Variety Further complicating matters is the return of Simon and Maude’s birth mother Claire (Anne-Marie Cadieux), a touring opera singer who asks to reconnect during a stopover in their city after abandoning them 15 years earlier.
—Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 13 June 2024
Faced with Moscow’s efforts to erase Ukrainian culture, people have embraced traditional songs as a way to reconnect with their past and affirm their identity.
—Daria Mitiuk Brendan Hoffman, New York Times, 5 June 2024
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Andrew Zucker, Washington Post, 19 June 2024
The report articulates a definitional framework with five distinct subgroups of young people, each of which faces a unique set of obstacles and requires a responsive set of interventions to successfully reconnect to school and work.
—Adhlere Coffy, Hartford Courant, 13 June 2024
Popular on Variety Further complicating matters is the return of Simon and Maude’s birth mother Claire (Anne-Marie Cadieux), a touring opera singer who asks to reconnect during a stopover in their city after abandoning them 15 years earlier.
—Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 13 June 2024
Faced with Moscow’s efforts to erase Ukrainian culture, people have embraced traditional songs as a way to reconnect with their past and affirm their identity.
—Daria Mitiuk Brendan Hoffman, New York Times, 5 June 2024
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“Reconnect.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reconnect. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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