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
Indeed, voters in the state are likely to re-elect one of the most controversial figures in Mexican politics, Senator Felix Salgado Macedonio.
From BBC • May 22, 2024
Voters ought to re-elect Fred Felleman to continue his work as Port commissioner.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 28, 2023
Peter Watts, a registered Democrat and lawyer in Clackamas County, would have gladly voted this year to re-elect his longtime Democratic congressman, Representative Kurt Schrader of Oregon.
From New York Times • Nov. 7, 2022
His nomination may justify the impression that the Republican Party was in doubt as to its ability to re-elect Mr. Lincoln in 1864.
From Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 2 by Boutwell, George S.
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