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reinstate

[ree-in-stayt] / 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

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

On Thursday, an independent arbitrator ordered the newspaper to reinstate Attiah and restore her wages and benefits after she was fired in September for a social media post following the Turning Point USA co-founder’s death.

From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026

During Joe Biden's term as US president, he made some attempts to reinstate the Obama-era deal, but this did not happen.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

The soldiers’ job was to reinstate the country’s democratically elected government, in the process stripping power from the junta—a government composed of military leaders—whose corrupt and cruel reign had gone on for three years.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

DBS reinstates coverage with a buy rating and HK$6.50 target price.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026

ServiceNow extends gains into as second day after Bank of America reinstates coverage of the stock with a Buy rating.

From Barron's ● May 19, 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

It is by no means strictly correct to say that memory ever reinstates the past.

From Illusions A Psychological Study by James Sully

Rendell & Ritter added: "Our immediate priority is to support residents and to work with the freeholder and energy supplier to have the gas supply reinstated as quickly as possible."

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

In 2022, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, George Desdunes’ fraternity, was reinstated at Cornell after an 11-year hiatus.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Her claims were initially rejected, reinstated on appeal, then struck out again.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

She said that after her employees’ federal badges expired last month, they were eventually reinstated until Oct.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

After confessing to these things they had been pardoned, reinstated in the Party, and given posts which were in fact sinecures but which sounded important.

From "1984" by George Orwell

Admissions officers and researchers who spoke to the board appeared skeptical of reinstating testing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

More colleges are recognizing this by reinstating standardized test requirements for admissions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

In addition to reinstating gate visitors, the Trump administration is also looking at allowing passengers with TSA PreCheck to take water with them through airport security, according to US media reports.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

Attorneys for Kil said the university was in the process of reinstating her.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026

But his contrition did not last long, for the next day he informed us he was reinstating all the charges against us.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela


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