How to Use reassume in a Sentence

reassume

verb
  • For now, though, Lustig is ready to reassume his place in the spotlight.
    — Katie Bain, Billboard, 6 Jan. 2023
  • There were clues during week Purdy would reassume his role.
    — Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
  • After a year, she too was gone and Plank reassumed the CEO role.
    — Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 12 Dec. 2024
  • For every goal Maryland used to earn a tie, the Big Red replied to reassume the lead.
    — Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 26 May 2025
  • Cousins will reassume the starting role and help pull the Falcons out of their current 3-7 record.
    — James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Nov. 2025
  • Kyle Larson stays out during this pit cycle under caution and reassumes the race lead.
    — Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 15 Apr. 2024
  • Minutes after the main event, Shohei Ohtani reassumed the focus.
    — Fabian Ardaya, The Athletic, 28 Aug. 2024
  • Afterward, the Assad regime reassumed control of most of the rest of Syria.
    — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
  • He was fully recovered from an injury to his ribs and was ready to reassume a full-time role last week, coach Kliff Kingsbury said.
    — Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic, 15 Nov. 2022
  • Johnston, with an additional week of rest, is possibly ready to reassume his mantel as the Blazers leader in the huddle.
    — Evan Dudley, al, 12 Nov. 2020
  • Moseley, who was questionable, will reassume his starting spot after clearing the final step in the concussion protocol this weekend.
    — Eric Branch, SFChronicle.com, 18 Oct. 2020
  • If one drone is lost, another automatically reassumes its target.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Killorn had quelled the Rangers momentum with a short-handed equalizer less than two minutes before New York reassumed control.
    — Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 29 Mar. 2025
  • An outright evil Russian conquest has killed tens of thousands as Moscow seeks to dismantle democracy and reassume hegemonic control of its neighbor.
    — TIME, 13 Feb. 2024
  • The Pagosa Fire Protection District reassumed control of the 75-acre fire, which is 78% contained.
    — Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 15 Aug. 2025
  • His death marks the highest-profile assassination in Afghanistan since the Taliban reassumed power in 2021.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
  • His only other trip abroad since reassuming the presidency, besides a quick jaunt to the pope’s funeral and a couple of obligatory summits, was a tour through the Middle East.
    — Dan Alexander, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
  • Ready to reassume her position on the dance floor, Sciò appeared in sequined bell bottoms, an oversize white blazer and gold metallic striped Yves Saint Laurent platform heels.
    — New York Times, 17 Nov. 2021
  • Ackerson will reassume his role as the company’s corporate controller and principal accounting officer.
    — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 7 Jan. 2022
  • Foster families have little say in the legal system, and if FPS determines biological parents are fit to reassume care, the courts try to reunite them with their kids.
    — Dallas News, 7 May 2021
  • The Tenorio family, the original founders of Filiberto's, have reassumed ownership of the restaurants.
    — Reia Li, AZCentral.com, 20 Aug. 2025
  • If Fland can build on Saturday’s breakout performance, the Gators could reassume their position as SEC favorites.
    — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2026
  • So Tommy reassumes his role as the head of the Peaky Blinders, essentially punches the Germans one more time in the face, and gets a meaningful, gorgeously shot sequence in the film’s final act.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
  • However, Kirkpatrick indicated Norman would reassume the spot Sunday.
    — Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Oct. 2021
  • Her father will reassume the role as chairman of the company, and another executive, Michael Lee, will assume the role as president of Foremost, according to the company statement.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN, 14 Feb. 2024
  • That coup ultimately didn’t succeed because someone tipped off Logan to their plans ahead of time, allowing their mom to reassume the supermajority shares that had been guaranteed to the Roy children in their parents’ divorce agreement.
    — Jen Chaney, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2021
  • The founder of Geppi Family Enterprises, the parent of Diamond, had reassumed the role of president in 2020.
    — Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun, 15 Jan. 2025
  • When that happens, China — with its economic challenges and its ambitions of international leadership — will reassume its status as the most important global rival to the United States.
    — Doyle McManuswashington Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2022
  • When Shay, carrying a basket filled with lengths of Comorean cloth, came into view, the maids scattered in all directions like ants, and Noelline darted into the office, leaving Pianon struggling to reassume his dignity.
    — Andrea Lee, The New Yorker, 28 Dec. 2020
  • In one scenario, the Palestinian Authority, which runs the occupied West Bank and is increasingly unpopular, would reassume control of the territory.
    — Yasmine Salam, NBC News, 9 Dec. 2023

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