re-elect
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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On the upside for Merz, there are no significant state elections until late June, when North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany’s most populous state, is widely expected to re-elect its CDU governor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
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
Calls from some residents to re-elect the estate's management committee went unheeded, he added.
From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2025
Senate campaign in Rhode Island, and in 1972 they both joined the campaign to re-elect President Richard M. Nixon, he as a speechwriter and she as a spokeswoman.
From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2023
A governor of the State is elected for one year only; but it is customary, or at any rate not uncustomary, to re-elect him for a second year.
From North America — Volume 1 by Anthony Trollope
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