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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Content by this author: Rouhani’s Landslide Reelection Iranian President Hassan Rouhani was reelected in a landslide over the hard-line cleric Ebrahim Raisi.
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Foreign Affairs, 17 June 2024
Hathaway shared the news Friday with the Republican state central committee after she was unanimously reelected as Indiana's national committeewoman to represent the state on the Republican National Committee, according to the party news release.
—Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star, 17 June 2024
Idaho Republican Party Chairwoman Dorothy Moon was reelected to a second two-year term at North Idaho College during the final day of the 2024 Republican State Convention.
—Clark Corbin, Idaho Statesman, 17 June 2024
Russia continues to maintain control of Ukraine’s Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhya, and Kherson regions, even going as far as hosting elections there earlier this year, where Russian President Vladimir Putin was reelected.
—Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 15 June 2024
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Foreign Affairs, 17 June 2024
Hathaway shared the news Friday with the Republican state central committee after she was unanimously reelected as Indiana's national committeewoman to represent the state on the Republican National Committee, according to the party news release.
—Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star, 17 June 2024
Idaho Republican Party Chairwoman Dorothy Moon was reelected to a second two-year term at North Idaho College during the final day of the 2024 Republican State Convention.
—Clark Corbin, Idaho Statesman, 17 June 2024
Russia continues to maintain control of Ukraine’s Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhya, and Kherson regions, even going as far as hosting elections there earlier this year, where Russian President Vladimir Putin was reelected.
—Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 15 June 2024
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“Reelect.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reelect. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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