The New Yorker attempts to reïnstate the English dieresis in words like "coöperation," "zoölogical," and "reëntry"—an odd thing to reinstate in this day and age, and hardly in cooperation with most zoology.
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Reinstate
Synonyms for "reinstate" (42 found)
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25 translations across 14 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- възстановявам verb (to restore to a former position or rank)
Dutch
1 entries- opnieuw aanstellen verb (to restore to a former position or rank)
Finnish
2 entries- ottaa takaisin käyttöön verb (to bring back into use or existence)
- palauttaa virkaan verb (to restore to a former position or rank)
French
4 entries- réactiver verb (to bring back into use or existence)
- réintégrer verb (to restore to a former position or rank)
- rétablir verb (to restore to a former position or rank)
- rétablir verb (to bring back into use or existence)
Galician
1 entries- reinstaurar verb (to restore to a former position or rank)
German
2 entries- wieder einsetzen verb (to restore to a former position or rank)
- wieder einstellen verb (to restore to a former position or rank)
Hungarian
3 entries- visszahelyez verb (to restore to a former position or rank)
- visszaállít verb (to bring back into use or existence)
- újból beiktat verb (to bring back into use or existence)
Latin
1 entries- restituō verb (to bring back into use or existence)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- gjeninnsette verb (to restore to a former position or rank)
Polish
3 entries- przywracać na stanowisko verb (to restore to a former position or rank)
- przywrócić na stanowisko verb (to restore to a former position or rank)
- reaktywować verb (to bring back into use or existence)
Portuguese
2 entries- reestabelecer verb (to bring back into use or existence)
- restituir verb (to bring back into use or existence)
Russian
2 entries- вернуть verb (to restore to a former position or rank)
- возродить verb (to bring back into use or existence)
Spanish
1 entries- reinstaurar verb (to restore to a former position or rank)
Swedish
1 entries- återinföra verb (to bring back into use or existence)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
"Doctor Bergman, what's the news?" "The good news, Tim, is that your father underwent mind uploading before he died. We can clone him and reinstate his mind."
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As president of the National Association of Colored Women, Terrell supported the women’s suffrage movement, even picketing at the White House to demand equal treatment. After anti-discrimination laws were overturned in Washington in the 1890s, Terrell led a campaign to reinstate laws protecting African Americans. She continued to fight against segregation through boycotts and sit-ins. In 1953, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that segregated eating places in Washington were unconstitutional.
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Should we reinstate the death penalty?
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