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re-enter

British  

verb

  1. to enter (something or somewhere) again

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Explanation

To re-enter is to come in again after going out, the way you might run back to your car, grab your shopping bags, and then re-enter the grocery store. To enter is to go in, from a root that means "between or among," and the prefix re- means "again." Whenever you exit a place, you can choose to re-enter it later (unless you're at a concert and there's a sign reading "no re-entry"). A space shuttle that returns to Earth's atmosphere re-enters it, and an injured basketball player might decide to re-enter the game again in the final quarter.

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In his postgame news conference, Hurts didn’t address the hit by Jackson but did express frustration about not being able to clear the concussion protocol and re-enter the game sooner.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

A third group make technical modifications to "legitimize" the phone, allowing it to re-enter the market.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

Last year, a Romanian national was arrested when he tried to re-enter the U.S. in a Mexican ambulance pretending to be an injured American, court records show.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

Thomas said she and her husband were unaware that they needed to submit an application and she was only informed of the rule once she attempted to re-enter the country in 2023.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

I join Kyro at our unofficial start and re-enter the real world.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen

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