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reshore

American  
[ree-shawr] / ˈriˌʃɔr /

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

Etymology

Origin of reshore

re- ( def. ) + shore 1 ( def. )

Example Sentences

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“We’ve got to reshore fertilizer back to America,” Rollins said at a meeting with fertilizer company executives last week.

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026

“We want more of a share of that pie,” Greer said, noting he was looking to reshore more of that manufacturing.

From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026

Apple sells hundreds of times more iPhones than Mac Minis, estimates Consumer Intelligence Research Partners and Apple still has no plans to reshore iPhone assembly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

The pandemic “exposed the dire need to reshore American manufacturing,” the spokesperson wrote.

From Salon • Dec. 2, 2025

Another respondent, in the machinery industry, added: "Tariffs continue to be a large impact to our business. The products we import are not readily manufactured in the US, so attempts to reshore have been unsuccessful."

From Barron's • Nov. 3, 2025