reintroduce

verb

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

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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Any evidence from this week’s hearing would have to be reintroduced again to be used at trial. Hannah Schoenbaum, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026 The chicks are part of a global effort to reintroduce the species, which was decimated by the invasive brown tree snake. Finch Walker, USA Today, 3 July 2026 California on Tuesday moved a step closer to reintroducing grizzly bears, the quarter-ton predators that once roamed the Golden State but have been locally extinct for more than a century. Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 30 June 2026 Eric Bieniemy was reintroduced as the Chiefs’ offensive coordinator on a Zoom news conference some 1,070 days after his last game in the role — Kansas City’s 38-35 Super Bowl LVII win over the Philadelphia Eagles. Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 30 June 2026 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 7 Jul. 2026.

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