reshore

[ree-shawr]

verb (used with or without object)

1. (of a company or organization) to return offshored jobs or business activities to the home territory.

   We expect to have reshored most of our media maintenance by the end of April.

   It is unlikely that the company will continue to reshore this year.

Other Word Forms

• reshoring noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of reshore¹

re- ( def. ) + shore ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

Clients that wouldn’t have thought of manufacturing in the U.S. are now asking how to reshore the making of critical parts, says Jack Callender, president of Caltech Manufacturing in Bucks County, Pa.

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But as the US pushes to reshore industries such as semiconductors, trade groups say there are not enough workers with the necessary skills in the US.

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"Today's announcement with Apple is another win for our manufacturing industry that will simultaneously help reshore the production of critical components to protect America's economic and national security," spokesperson Taylor Rogers said.

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The U.S. wants to reshore manufacturing, and China wants to sell its manufactured products into the American market.

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"You maximise access to natural resources, of which Canada has plenty, and you reshore industry whenever possible."

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