reinstitute

verb

re·in·sti·tute (ˌ)rē-ˈin(t)-stə-ˌtüt

-ˌtyüt

reinstituted; reinstituting

Synonyms of reinstitute next

transitive verb

: to institute (something) again

… in 1976, the year the Supreme Court reinstituted capital punishment.—

John Cloud

President Carter reinstituted draft registration in 1980 after a seven-year hiatus.—

Stephen Wermiel

reinstitution

(ˌ)rē-ˌin(t)-stə-ˈtü-shən

-ˈtyü-

noun

Though Hagel stopped short of calling for a reinstitution of the draft, he did talk about the inequities of the current system, in which so many of America's soldiers are poor kids trying to move up a rung on the ladder of employment. —

Anna Quindlen

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It is expected that, upon taking office, President Trump’s flurry of first acts will include reinstituting his first-term executive order, later reversed by Biden, that would enable him to remove more easily executive branch employees who enjoy civil service protection, such as career prosecutors. —

The Editors, National Review, 13 Dec. 2024 In the late nineteenth century, excavations in Greece combined with a social movement promoting physical education and increasing international cooperation fanned excitement over reinstituting the Olympic Games. —

Miriam Kamil, JSTOR Daily, 20 Nov. 2024 But the bulk of Trump’s tax plan — reinstituting his 2017 tax overhaul and lowering the corporate income tax rate from 21% to 15% — remains tilted to corporations and the wealthiest Americans. —

Shawn Tully, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2024 Perhaps the biggest diplomatic challenge Trump would face in reinstituting sanctions on Iran is convincing buyers of Iranian oil to reduce their purchases. —

Peter E. Harrell, Foreign Affairs, 4 May 2018 See all Example Sentences for reinstitute