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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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 | Crobinson@al.com, al.com, "Jefferson County sheriff announces job training for jail inmates," 15 July 2019 Also unclear is precisely how much enriched uranium and plutonium North Korea has acquired, and whether its scientists have perfected a reentry vehicle that could reliably deliver a warhead to the U.S. mainland. — Joby Warrick, Washington Post, "Summit collapse foils chance to press North Korea on suspicious sites," 25 May 2018 While the exterior of the ship was symmetrical, the interior was designed to position the majority of the weight near the crew’s feet—giving the craft a specific orientation for reentry. — Alex Hollings, Popular Mechanics, "The Art of the Return Trip: How NASA Got Apollo 11 Home," 24 July 2019 Alex Wong/Getty Images Kim Kardashian West and President Donald Trump have a new plan to help former inmates tackle unemployment, one of the largest obstacles to their reentry to civilian life. — Catherine Kim, Vox, "The unemployment rate for former inmates is incredibly high. Kim Kardashian wants to change that.," 14 June 2019 Wayne County judges also order people on probation to complete Flip the Script’s programming, which includes 12 weeks of course work, personal accountability training and other reentry services for men and women ages 16 to 39. — Angie Jackson, Detroit Free Press, "Flip the Script program for ex-offenders fights proposed Whitmer budget cut," 9 July 2019 After about an hour of waiting, the crowd was granted reentry to catch the final performances of the night. — Stephen Daw, Billboard, "Grace Jones, Teyana Taylor & More Slay at NYC Pride Island Day One Despite Weather," 30 June 2019 Other speakers described a lack of rural prosecutors and prisoner reentry programs to help prevent recidivism. — Alex Demarban, ProPublica, "“Enough Is Enough”: Native Leaders Ask William Barr to Help Fix Alaska’s Law Enforcement Crisis," 30 May 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