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reinstall

British  
/ ˌriːɪnˈstɔːl /

verb

  1. to put in place and connect (machinery, equipment, etc) again

  2. to install (computer software) again, usually to solve a technical problem

  3. to put (someone) back in a position, rank, etc

    Trinidad reinstalled him against Honduras

"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

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According to the Washington Litigation Group, which initiated legal proceedings in New York to demand the return of the rainbow colors, the administration agreed, under a settlement, to reinstall the flag permanently.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

Instead, they had to pay upward of tens of thousands of dollars to fix damaged septic systems, reinstall their own power poles and repave the asphalt melted from private roads.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2025

"To date, we still do not know who performed the work to open, reinstall, and close the door plug on the accident aircraft," Homendy said.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2024

Overnight, OpenAI announced that it had an “agreement in principal” to reinstall Sam Altman as C.E.O., while the board members who pushed him out are departing.

From New York Times • Nov. 22, 2023

And now there were several Speculations, what Method the French King wou'd take to make the World believe he had a Design to reinstall King James.

From Memoirs of Major Alexander Ramkins (1718) by Defoe, Daniel