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reinstate

[ree-in-steyt] / ˌri ɪnˈsteɪt /


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Because Bubic is on the 60-day IL, the Dodgers will need to clear spots on the active and 40-man rosters to reinstate him.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 14, 2026

In January 2011, the Supreme Court upheld Singh's life sentence, refusing the prosecutors' plea to reinstate the death penalty.

From BBC Sep. 1, 2026

An independent arbitrator ordered the Washington Post to reinstate Karen Attiah, finding the newspaper wrongly terminated the columnist over comments she made following the shooting death of Charlie Kirk.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

Harry waged a years-long, ultimately unsuccessful legal battle with the government to reinstate his publicly funded security.

From Barron's Aug. 23, 2026

During the last few days of April, Mother Lois had humbled herself to make several trips to North Little Rock’s school headquarters to plead for her job, but they had refused to reinstate her.

From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals

The bank reinstates coverage of St. Barbara with an outperform recommendation and a target of A$0.96/share.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

Even if the president reinstates most levies, the Treasury might have to refund what it has already collected.

From Barron's Feb. 21, 2026

That language clearly reinstates any federal employee who was either told they’d be laid off during the shutdown or actually laid off.

From Slate Dec. 22, 2025

The Heisman Trust reinstates the trophy to Reggie Bush and USC, three years after the era of forbidding college athletes from receiving compensation ended.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 24, 2024

Under such misfortunes their only resource is, that some relative, either at Batavia or China, pays their debts out of compassion, and by that means reinstates them in their property and freedom.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 11 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Robert Kerr

The court reinstated Gnanasara's sentence and ordered his return to prison.

From Barron's Sep. 10, 2026

It reinstated the 9% rate on food service and hot takeaways in July after an intensive industry lobbying campaign.

From BBC Sep. 2, 2026

Gibbins was elected to the council that same month and was then suspended by Reform, before being reinstated with a final written warning.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

The Cal State faculty union ruled earlier this summer that she must be reinstated as a tenured professor.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

It was the end of September before visiting days were reinstated at La Victoria, and we got to see the men.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

Administrators have been able to adjust to those departures, including reinstating one worker who was able to regain employment authorization, Lavender said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

The party's proposals include reinstating short sentences for shoplifters and ensuring serious offenders serve their full sentences.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved reinstating the reward in the decade-old slaying and increasing it by $10,000.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 11, 2026

Powering today’s rally is a renewed sense of optimism from Wall Street, with Bank of America analyst Tal Liani reinstating coverage of the stock on Monday with a buy rating and a $130 price target.

From MarketWatch May 18, 2026

Before going to bed for the night, I wrote letters to my four just expelled students, reinstating them.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger




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