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reimport

American  
[ree-im-pawrt, -pohrt] / ˌri ɪmˈpɔrt, -ˈpoʊrt /

verb (used with object)

  1. to import back into the country of exportation.


reimport British  

verb

  1. (tr) to import (goods manufactured from exported raw materials)

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noun

  1. the act of reimporting

  2. a reimported commodity

"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

Other Word Forms

  • reimportation noun
  • reimporter noun

Etymology

Origin of reimport

First recorded in 1735–45; re- + import

Example Sentences

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Fang attempted to reimport those rejected eels later that year by mixing them with a new shipment of eels and using different identification numbers that are needed when bringing goods to the U.S., said Assistant U.S.

From Los Angeles Times

Two years later, Japan rediscovered its own puzzle as a “gyakuyunyu” or “reimport.”

From Washington Post

Two years later, Japan rediscovered its own puzzle as a “gyakuyunyu,” or “reimport.”

From Seattle Times

“The UK tried this with screening from China last February and March, but the seeding came from Spain, Italy and France. We need to learn that lesson. It would be a shame for the UK to vaccinate a bulk of the population and just reimport a strain our vaccines aren’t as effective against.”

From The Guardian

While I personally love working with lots of apps for my art, the ‘have to export to add this one effect I can only do in this one other app and then reimport to continue working’ process can get old fast and be disruptive to a workflow.

From The Verge