reintroduce

verb

re·​in·​tro·​duce (ˌ)rē-ˌin-trə-ˈdüs How to pronounce reintroduce (audio)
-ˈdyüs
reintroduced; reintroducing

transitive verb

: to introduce (someone or something) again
efforts to reintroduce the animals into the wild
They'd been touring hard, reintroducing themselves to audiences nearly a decade after going their separate ways.James Sullivan
… the company has taken the bold step of reintroducing hits from the past.Lynn Yaeger
reintroduction noun
plural reintroductions
Three years later it became the core site for reintroduction of the red wolf, a species officially extinct in the wild. Cheryl Lyn Dybas

Examples of reintroduce in a Sentence

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Hurtigruten’s Svalbard Line Hurtigruten, best known for its Norwegian coastal cruises, recently reintroduced its historic Svalbard Line. David Nikel, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025 The budget for fiscal year 2020 reintroduced funding for gun violence research for the CDC and the US National Institutes of Health. Neha Mukherjee, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2025 Indeed, one of the key challenges facing the scientists working to reintroduce sunflower sea stars to the California coast is the lack of genetic diversity. Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2025 Congress moved in 1894 to reintroduce an income tax. Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica, 8 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for reintroduce

Word History

First Known Use

1642, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of reintroduce was in 1642

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“Reintroduce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reintroduce. Accessed 26 Apr. 2025.

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