How to Use reinstate in a Sentence

reinstate

verb
  • The school board voted to reinstate the school's uniform policy.
  • After his name was cleared, he was reinstated as committee chairperson.
  • Before the end of the month, they were reinstated to their jobs.
    Davey Alba, Anchorage Daily News, 17 July 2023
  • But even if he is reinstated, questions remain about why the board fired him in the first place.
    Bysteve Mollman, Fortune, 19 Nov. 2023
  • Based on these laws, the Court of Appeals reinstated Killary’s suit.
    Rachel Smith, The Courier-Journal, 23 Feb. 2024
  • To restore shine, try a gloss treatment to reinstate that vinyl effect.
    Georgia Day, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2023
  • But the judge added the court did not have the authority to reinstate Warren as state attorney.
    Tim Craig, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2023
  • All four have fought to get their jobs back, and as of August state regulators had ordered the city to reinstate two of them, with back pay.
    The Editorial Board, WSJ, 22 Oct. 2023
  • He was dealt to the Jacksonville Jaguars at last year's trade deadline, and the league officially reinstated him in March.
    Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 29 June 2023
  • After missing 12 games for his latest fracas, Green was reinstated by the league over the weekend, and returned to the team.
    Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 8 Jan. 2024
  • On Saturday, the account of Kanye West was again reinstated on X, though ads won’t appear next to his posts.
    Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 July 2023
  • He was reinstated last Sunday and has since been around the team, but was getting back into playing shape.
    Michael Nowels, The Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2024
  • The 26-year-old needs to complete four or five rehab starts before the Tigers contemplate reinstating him from the injured list.
    Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 30 May 2023
  • That was a reference to a recent decision by the Arizona Supreme Court to reinstate a law from 1864 that bans nearly all abortions in the state.
    Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Apr. 2024
  • If a member of your pool wants to leave, their points can be reinstated back into their original account.
    Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The district reinstated busing for high schoolers in 2021 and said there's no intention to take that service away.
    The Enquirer, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Some Russian politicians also would like to reinstate a childless tax (Russia’s leaders have been toying with the idea for more than a decade).
    Chelsea Follett, National Review, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Last week, a US federal appeals court reinstated a ban on some of the more premium versions of the Apple Watch.
    Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Wu’s remarks came as the state prepares to reinstate its accountability system in the wake of the pandemic.
    Christopher Huffaker, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Sep. 2023
  • They were required to meet in person at least four times a year — but after being reinstated, the commission only met three times in 2022.
    Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 June 2023
  • His accounts on both platforms have since been reinstated.
    Sunny Nagpaul, Fortune, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Abbott expressed his excitement to reinstate Paxton, since he's been absent from the office since being impeached in the state House.
    Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Kennedy was reinstated as assistant coach in March following the conclusion of his years-long court fight, and returned to the football field Friday for his first game back.
    Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 6 Sep. 2023
  • No, President Trump is not going to be quote reinstated.
    ABC News, 12 Nov. 2023
  • In addition to the $300 million-plus in free agents brought in this offseason, the Giants are reinstating a dress code for travel days that had been absent in the ultra-lax clubhouse run by Kapler.
    Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2024
  • Now, with garbage piling up, residents there are trying to get the city to reinstate the service, but their bureaucratic battle is proving to be quite a slog.
    Helen Li, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Read more Biden will reinstate a labor rule shelved by Reagan, giving construction workers a pay boost.
    USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Moore was reinstated on Medicaid as of Monday with Legal Aid’s help.
    Amanda Seitz, Fortune Well, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Joe Biden repealed that executive order on his third day in office, but the Republicans are eager to reinstate it and get out the axes.
    Norman J. Ornstein, The New Republic, 22 Sep. 2023
  • But the negative public image of doing so prompted GM to reinstate health care coverage about a week later.
    Jamie L. Lareau, The Courier-Journal, 23 Aug. 2023

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