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re-elect

British  

verb

  1. to elect (a person, political party, etc) to an official post for a further term

"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

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"The people have voted again to re-elect an SNP government," Gilruth told The Sunday Show.

From BBC May 24, 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

Also Tuesday, the convention overwhelmingly voted to re-elect Texas pastor Bart Barber to a second term as president over Georgia pastor Mike Stone.

From Seattle Times Jun. 13, 2023

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

The leaders of the Slave party were anxious to re-elect Jesse B. Thomas to the United States Senate.

From Fifty Years of Public Service by Shelby M. Cullom

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