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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That is because airlines have reinstated flights to the Gulf—where aviation is an important economic driver—even as Iran’s strikes have continued.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 22, 2026
In recent months, Harvard, Caltech, Yale, Dartmouth and the University of Texas at Austin, among others, have reinstated testing mandates.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2024
Gloucestershire Highways, who carried out the repairs, says more than £20,000 was spent on the recently completed works, and to have reinstated a wall would have doubled the cost of the project.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2023
They have reinstated some of the protocols that were in place during the COVID-19 pandemic.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 2, 2023
Am I to conclude that you accepted this favour from a disdain of your fellow-citizens, who once indeed scorned you, but who have reinstated you in the paternal patrimony of which you have been deprived?
From Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions by Isaac Disraeli
