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renominate

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[ree-nahm-uhn-ayt] / riˈnɑm ənˌeɪt /

verb (used with object)

renominated, renominating
  1. to nominate again, especially for another term of office.


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With two vacancies, the administration could nominate the new chair to a fresh 14-year term or to Powell’s soon-to-be-vacant governor seat and either renominate Miran or fill a new vacancy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026

Although Johnson won the election, Democrats did not renominate Johnson for another term.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2024

The decision to renominate Su, who has served as acting labor secretary since Marty Walsh vacated the role last February, was widely expected.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 8, 2024

The party confirmed on Tuesday that it also had no plans to renominate Mr. Pita.

From New York Times ● Aug. 16, 2023

It was evident that it would be very difficult to renominate him.

From My Memories of Eighty Years by Chauncey M. (Chauncey Mitchell) Depew

Wilson argued the standstill needed to depend on the two new directors being renominated for election at Lululemon’s 2027 annual meeting, and if they were, he agreed to two years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026

Read on: Trump renominated a tech billionaire to lead NASA.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 7, 2025

Donald Trump has renominated billionaire investor Jared Isaacman to run Nasa, five months after withdrawing his first nomination.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2025

He has nominated and renominated the outstanding worker advocate Julie Su as secretary of Labor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2024

In 1864 he was a member of the Baltimore Convention, which renominated Lincoln.

From History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States by William Horatio Barnes

The bigger question is: Why even bother renominating him?

From Slate ● Aug. 1, 2026

In November, Biden announced he was renominating Jerome H. Powell to a second term as chair.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 5, 2022

He added that Biden had made a "fine choice" in renominating Powell as well as nominating Governor Lael Brainard to be Fed vice chair, the central bank's No. 2 leadership role.

From Reuters ● Nov. 23, 2021

The president is reportedly deciding between renominating Mr. Powell or Lael Brainard, the sole Democrat currently on the Federal Reserve’s board of governors.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 16, 2021

A movement in favor of renominating him to the Presidency was started under the direction of Senator Roscoe Conkling of New York.

From The Cleveland Era; a chronicle of the new order in politics by Henry Jones Ford

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