reinstate
verb (used with object)
to put back or establish again, as in a former position or state.
reinstated
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past participleof reinstate.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof reinstate.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
reinstateverb (used with object)to put back or establish again, as in a former position or state.
Example Sentences
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Hopeful return: Drew Thorpe was reinstated from the 60-day IL on Wednesday and is an intriguing option.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Community members have protested for weeks, demanding Lienhard be reinstated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
Secondly, they requested that the weekly visits by Khan's family reinstated by the court "be honoured without interruption or administrative delay".
From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026
WASHINGTON—Attorney General Todd Blanche is launching a new process that allows individuals who lost their gun rights because of felony convictions to apply to have them reinstated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
In the first year after Nicolae Ceaujescu’s death, when abortion was reinstated in Romania, there was one abortion for every twenty-two Romanians.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
