re-entry
Britishnoun
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the act of retaking possession of land, etc, under a right reserved in an earlier transfer of the property, such as a lease
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the return of a spacecraft into the earth's atmosphere
Example Sentences
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The collected samples are expected to return to Earth by mid 2031 inside a capsule designed to survive re-entry through Earth's atmosphere.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
On that mission, SpaceX deployed 20 Starlink V3 satellites to orbit, providing it with data before they burned up on re-entry as planned.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
In January, Britain and European countries closely watched the re-entry of a Chinese rocket, amid fears fragments could land in Britain.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
Satellites, fall to Earth and burn up on re-entry all the time.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
Barriers to re-entry, specifically the myriad laws that operate to discriminate against people with criminal records in every aspect of their social, economic, and political lives, must be eliminated.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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