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

Recent Examples on the Web The organizations are also calling for the Texas Legislature to reintroduce a bill that would raise the legal age of purchasing a long rifle to 21 and invest in community violence intervention. James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 May 2024 Ho will now have a chance to amend the complaint, which could mean reintroducing the public nuisance claims in a different way. Theresa Clift, Sacramento Bee, 2 May 2024 The Model Alliance, buoyed by bipartisan support, reintroduced the bill earlier this year. Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 2 May 2024 In January, the Detroit Free Press reported that GM CEO Mary Barra told Wall Street analysts that GM will reintroduce plug-in hybrid technology to select vehicles in North America. Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 1 May 2024 Grizzly bears are set to be reintroduced to Washington state’s North Cascades mountain range, and advocates say the effort will help make the overall ecosystem healthier. Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 29 Apr. 2024 By the end of 2028, some 1,000 skilled Swedes should be on call to help protect energy supply as part of compulsory civic duty — a form of national service suspended after the Cold War and reintroduced this year. Lars Paulsson, Fortune Europe, 24 Apr. 2024 Great Lakes wolves are genetically distinct from the Northern Rockies wolves that were reintroduced. Brooke Baitinger, Idaho Statesman, 24 Apr. 2024 In other wildlife news, the closest living relatives of the Xerces Blue butterfly — the first U.S. butterfly species to go extinct due to human development — are being reintroduced at the Presidio of San Francisco, as the Associated Press’ Haven Daley and Olga R. Rodriguez write. Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2024

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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 14 May. 2024.

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