reentry
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Definition of reentry
1
: a retaking possession
especially
: entry by a lessor on leased premises on the tenant's failure to perform the conditions of the lease
2
: a second or new entry
3
: a playing card that will enable a player to regain the lead
4
: the action of reentering the earth's atmosphere after travel in space
Examples of reentry in a Sentence
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Rawlins is the lead facilitator for the South Florida Reentry Task Force, which assists returning citizens with successful reentry during and after incarceration. — Austen Erblat, sun-sentinel.com, "Community groups gathering to help former felons restore voting rights," 6 Sep. 2019 The nonprofit law firm runs a pilot program at four prisons for inmates preparing for reentry to Wayne County. — Angie Jackson, Detroit Free Press, "Some Michigan prisoners rack up tens of thousands in debt. It's avoidable.," 5 Sep. 2019 Oregon called a timeout, and Herbert tried to come back on the field, prompting another Ducks timeout because the quarterback’s reentry wasn’t permitted by rule. — Tom Green | [email protected], al, "After uncharacteristic start, Auburn defense shows true colors against Oregon," 1 Sep. 2019 Barr said Hurwitz would return to his previous role as an assistant director for the bureau's reentry programs. — Devlin Barrett, Anchorage Daily News, "After Epstein’s death, attorney general replaces leader at Bureau of Prisons," 19 Aug. 2019 Solid waste is collected in a canister as part of the waste hygiene component of the space station's toilet, and those canisters are disposed of during destructive reentry of cargo spacecraft. — Kendall Trammell, CNN, "Where does astronaut poop go? Answers to your weirdest questions about space travel," 27 July 2019 LightSail 2’s fate is to burn up on reentry in about a year. — Robert Z. Pearlman, Scientific American, "Solar Sailing Success: Planetary Society Deploys LightSail 2," 23 July 2019 The Federal Bureau of Prison’s website now lists him being under the supervision of a residential reentry management office in Cincinnati, which usually means an inmate was transferred to a halfway house or is under some form of house arrest. — Eric Heisig, cleveland.com, "Jimmy Dimora’s buddy loses bid for new trial in Cuyahoga County corruption case," 8 Aug. 2019 Wayne Heard, the Dannon Project’s reentry program manager, said the Dannon Project’s role will be to case management and to handle the initial assessments of the inmate students. — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al.com, "Jefferson County sheriff announces job training for jail inmates," 15 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'reentry.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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reentry
noun
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plural reentries
Medical Definition of reentry
: a cardiac mechanism that is held to explain certain abnormal heart actions (as tachycardia) and that involves the transmission of a wave of depolarization along an alternate pathway when the original pathway is blocked with return of the impulse along the blocked pathway when the alternate pathway is refractory and then transmission along the open pathway resulting in an abnormality
reentry
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Legal Definition of reentry
: a retaking possession of property by a lessor or grantor in exercise of the right to do so upon the failure of the lessee or grantee to fulfill a covenant or condition — see also power of termination at power sense 2b