re-elect
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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When shareholders declined to re-elect Bennett and the REITs’ lead independent director to the companies’ boards, the other directors reappointed them.
From Barron's ● Apr. 9, 2026
"So if voters want me, they'll choose to re-elect me. And if voters don't want me, they'll vote for someone else."
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2024
Voters ought to re-elect Fred Felleman to continue his work as Port commissioner.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 28, 2023
In Kenosha, where voters were deciding whether to re-elect Gov. Tony Evers, a Democrat, the shadow of the demonstrations and riots that tore through the city in August 2020 after a police shooting loomed large.
From New York Times ● Nov. 8, 2022
"But suppose they should sometime fail to re-elect him?"
From City of Endless Night by Milo M. (Milo Milton) Hastings
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