How to Use reelect in a Sentence

reelect

verb
Definition of reelectnext
  • She was reelected in 2002 and was the first appeals judge to be elected to the Supreme Court.
    — Tamia Fowlkes, Journal Sentinel, 7 Apr. 2023
  • But there won’t be much of a safe space for Biden if he is reelected.
    — Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 19 Sep. 2023
  • The New York judges could suspend the case if Trump is reelected.
    — David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2024
  • That same year, Putin would reclaim the seat, and was reelected in 2018.
    — Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 17 Mar. 2024
  • David Cote, a Democrat from Nashua, was reelected but still hasn’t been sworn in.
    — Steven Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 1 May 2023
  • He was reelected last year for a second eight-year term.
    — Will Langhorne, Arkansas Online, 29 June 2023
  • Trump has also promised to try and get rid of Obamacare if reelected.
    — Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 7 Dec. 2023
  • She was reelected last year, leaving about three years left on her term.
    — Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 21 July 2023
  • And adding to the stakes is that Scott’s Democratic supporter in the White House may not be reelected this fall.
    — Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 15 May 2024
  • The ethics probe went nowhere, and Rogers was reelected to her second term in November.
    — Ray Stern, The Arizona Republic, 27 Apr. 2023
  • She was most recently reelected to a four-year term in 2021.
    — Ryan Gillespie, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Montgomery Steppe was reelected to the council just last year to a term that ends in December 2026.
    — Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Nathan Senn ran and narrowly won his first race in 2019 and was reelected by about a hundred votes this spring.
    — Riley Robinson, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Nov. 2023
  • She was reelected last year after the zones were redrawn.
    — Monica Brich, Arkansas Online, 19 June 2023
  • La Grange seated a new Village Board Monday night, with three trustees being reelected and one new to the board.
    — Hank Beckman, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2023
  • He was indicted on related charges in 2015 and reelected twice as the case stalled in court.
    — Gromer Jeffers Jr., Dallas News, 19 June 2023
  • Brown said voters should reelect her to keep consistency on the bench.
    — Dallas News, 1 Nov. 2022
  • In the event that Trump is reelected, Europeans must be able to sustain the Ukrainian war effort on their own.
    — Norbert Röttgen, Foreign Affairs, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Biden will be 82 years old should he be reelected for another term.
    — Asher Notheis, Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Five board members were reelected, and three new members were also elected to the board.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 19 Sep. 2023
  • This October, Brazilians will go to the polls to either reelect Bolsonaro or cast him out of office.
    — Andre Pagliarini, The New Republic, 1 July 2022
  • If reelected, Biden would be 86 years after a second term.
    — Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2023
  • There is a chance that Donald Trump could be reelected president next year.
    — Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 13 May 2023
  • Marco Rubio has one of the worst voting records in the Senate, but he still gets reelected in Florida.
    — Pablo Manríquez, The New Republic, 11 May 2023
  • Trump has promised to hike tariffs on China across the board if reelected, vowing a 60% tax on all Chinese imports.
    — Josh Wingrove, Fortune Asia, 10 May 2024
  • Trump is already talking about across-the-board tariffs on imports if he is reelected.
    — Loren Thompson, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Lopez said many fear President Joe Biden won’t be reelected this year and Trump will return to office.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 9 Apr. 2024
  • Poindexter was reelected as an at-large member of council in 2019.
    — Molly Walsh | Mwalsh@cleveland.com, cleveland, 28 Aug. 2023
  • He was elected as the party’s general secretary in 2011 and reelected five years later.
    — Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
  • Milliken, a Republican, finished out Romney's term and was reelected three times.
    — M.l. Elrick, Detroit Free Press, 21 July 2024

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