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reappointment

American  
[ree-uh-point-muhnt] / ˌri əˈpɔɪnt mənt /

noun

  1. the act of appointing someone again or to a new position or role.


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Bass, for instance, oversaw the reappointment of McDonnell’s predecessor, Michel Moore, shortly after her election and stood by him for a year before Moore’s abrupt resignation in early 2024.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

At the centre of the dispute are two issues - the proposed public listing of Tata Sons and the reappointment of chairman N Chandrasekaran.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

But she added she wanted to have "all the information" about the proposals before going ahead with them, after her reappointment to her cabinet role under Andy Burnham, ten months after her resignation last year.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

Separately, the company said that shareholders approved the reappointment of Gonzalo Aizpiri as chief executive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026

He is more fortunate, however, than some of his compeers, in experiencing almost at once the double resurrection of autobiography and reappointment.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 91, May, 1865 by Various

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