How to Use reentry in a Sentence

reentry

noun
  • So at the very least, parts of it would burn up on reentry.
    — Rhett Allain, Wired, 25 Feb. 2022
  • At first glance, the film seems fit for the actor’s reentry.
    — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 15 May 2021
  • In one case, a rear door was propped open and reentry was made to commit the theft.
    — baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 30 May 2021
  • The group stressed that as the time to reentry shrinks so will the uncertainty of the debris’ path.
    — Victoria Cavaliere, Fortune, 30 July 2022
  • Those who use the service can be at any stage of their reentry.
    — Angie Jackson, Detroit Free Press, 9 Dec. 2020
  • LightSail 2’s fate is to burn up on reentry in about a year.
    — Robert Z. Pearlman, Scientific American, 23 July 2019
  • Reese has grabbed two rebounds since her reentry and has five in the game so far.
    — Glynn A. Hill, Washington Post, 21 July 2024
  • Will parts of the satellite survive reentry and crash to Earth?
    — John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 12 June 2024
  • Will parts of the satellite survive reentry and crash to Earth?
    — John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Feb. 2024
  • At this point, my reentry into the curly world felt like learning to walk again.
    — Liz Krieger, Allure, 15 Apr. 2025
  • And none of these reentry events are ever exactly the same.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 17 July 2022
  • This bootie feels like the ideal reentry point into, well, booties.
    — Kerry Pieri, Harper's BAZAAR, 17 Aug. 2022
  • Mikaela Shiffrin, who hadn’t raced the downhill in two years, had a rough reentry, finishing 26th and 38th.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 11 Dec. 2021
  • The current outlook puts its reentry around March 2024.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Nov. 2023
  • The 5,000 mph reentry was a rough one and one of the four astronauts who just spent a week orbiting the moon has a spinal injury.
    — Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Some parts of derelict spacecraft will survive reentry and reach the surface.
    — Martin N. Ross, Scientific American, 6 Nov. 2020
  • The plan calls for attaching a cargo ship to the old Pirs module in order to guide it to a fiery reentry.
    — Fox News, 18 Nov. 2020
  • The push for more funding for reentry efforts comes less than a month after the state announced the closure of Willard.
    — Jaden Edison, Hartford Courant, 18 Feb. 2023
  • That said, reentry analysts do get lucky from time to time.
    — Robbie Gonzalez, WIRED, 30 Mar. 2018
  • None of the parts will be able to be examined, as the section holding the thrusters was tossed just before reentry.
    — Landon Mion, Fox News, 7 Sep. 2024
  • The spacecraft heats up to 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit during reentry—about half as hot as the surface of the sun.
    — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 May 2024
  • Nearly all of the spacecraft should have burned up during reentry.
    — Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 22 Jan. 2024
  • The reentry process is known to cause spacecraft to light up as the intense speeds and pressure on the vehicle create a fiery blaze.
    — Jackie Wattles, CNN, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Health and safety continue to be the guiding force in our reentry process.
    — Michael Lev, The Arizona Republic, 1 July 2020
  • After about an hour of waiting, the crowd was granted reentry to catch the final performances of the night.
    — Stephen Daw, Billboard, 30 June 2019
  • That’s going to be our reentry way back together as a band.
    — Jim Ryan, Forbes, 23 June 2021
  • The result is the plus or minus on your projected reentry time.
    — Robbie Gonzalez, WIRED, 30 Mar. 2018
  • With her new brand As Ever, Markle is clearly planning a bold reentry to the lifestyle space.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 3 Mar. 2025
  • During the flight, the Orion spacecraft was found to have heat shield issues upon reentry forcing some adjustments to its planned trajectory.
    — Brooke Edwards, USA Today, 2 May 2025
  • The company lined up new ground stations in South America to communicate with the spacecraft during key phases of flight leading up to reentry.
    — Abigail Bassett, ArsTechnica, 25 Apr. 2025

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