reinstate
verb (used with object)
to put back or establish again, as in a former position or state.
have reinstated
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present perfectof reinstate.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Airlines have reinstated hundreds of flights a day even as drones and missiles have struck across the region.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 22, 2026
In recent years Sweden and Finland have joined Nato, Baltic countries have reinstated conscription, and Poland has set aside billions to build a barrier alongside its border with Russia.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2025
By a 6-3 vote, the justices set aside rulings that would have reinstated Gwynne Wilcox to the National Labor Relations Board and Cathy Harris to the Merit Systems Protection Board.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2025
They have reinstated some of the protocols that were in place during the COVID-19 pandemic.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 2, 2023
If by a whole sacrifice of herself she could have reinstated him in the place he had forfeited, she would not have hesitated for an instant.
From Cobwebs and Cables by Hesba Stretton
