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
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
There was no movement to re-elect him, and the Whigs now lost his constituency.
From Abraham Lincoln by Charnwood, Godfrey Rathbone Benson, Baron
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