How to Use reinstate in a Sentence

reinstate

verb
  • The school board voted to reinstate the school's uniform policy.
  • After his name was cleared, he was reinstated as committee chairperson.
  • This is the third try to get a judge to reinstate them on the board.
    — Dennis Valera, CBS News, 1 July 2026
  • Smith has asked the appeals court to reinstate those charges.
    — Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2024
  • At this point, it has not been reinstated.
    — Matt Brooks, Fortune, 16 Jan. 2026
  • At this point, it has not been reinstated.
    — Karin Brewster, The Conversation, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Both were reinstated for the spring term.
    — Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 18 Jan. 2026
  • Before the end of the month, they were reinstated to their jobs.
    — Davey Alba, Anchorage Daily News, 17 July 2023
  • It has not yet been reinstated.
    — Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2026
  • There are currently no plans to reinstate a draft.
    — Dan Mangan,kamaron McNair, CNBC, 9 Apr. 2026
  • But even if he is reinstated, questions remain about why the board fired him in the first place.
    — Bysteve Mollman, Fortune, 19 Nov. 2023
  • If voters ever knock down the tax, it cannot be reinstated.
    — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2026
  • To restore shine, try a gloss treatment to reinstate that vinyl effect.
    — Georgia Day, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2023
  • First, and most obvious, the agency could reinstate those who were fired.
    — Naveena Sadasivam, Wired News, 19 Apr. 2025
  • The program was reinstated this year after a brief pause.
    — CBS News, 7 May 2026
  • Merah said the agency may end up asking for funding to reinstate the unit.
    — oregonlive, 11 June 2022
  • The government argued that the sentence was just and urged the court to reinstate it.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 13 Oct. 2021
  • Among the options the justices have is to reinstate some or all of the sanctions, or to dismiss them.
    — Jane Harper, Dallas Morning News, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Since then, though, dozens of those schools have reinstated the requirement.
    — The Week Us, TheWeek, 22 June 2026
  • With four years left in his term, Dellinger sued to get his job back and was briefly reinstated by a lower court.
    — Carrie Johnson, NPR, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Dye was reinstated when the charge was reduced from a felony to a misdemeanor.
    — Jenna Fryer, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026
  • The three coaches and a dean were later reinstated.
    — Kate Perez, Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Then, less than 24 hours later, the grant funds were reinstated.
    — Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Prasad briefly left the agency last summer, but was reinstated less than two weeks later.
    — Michael Kaplan, CBS News, 16 May 2026
  • There was the whole thing where Altman got booted and then reinstated.
    — Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The council then voted to reinstate the police force.
    — Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 9 May 2026
  • But the judge’s order to reinstate Damsky was paused pending appeal.
    — Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
  • He was reinstated when the charge was reduced to a misdemeanor.
    — Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
  • The studio reinstated the kiss as a result.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 25 Aug. 2025
  • He was reinstated three days later.
    — Dallas Morning News, 27 Feb. 2026

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