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Recent Examples of reenlist
The financial incentives to reenlist in the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines increased dramatically from 2022 through last year, with the Navy vastly outspending the others, according to funding totals provided by the services.
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Arkansas Online, 26 May 2025
Dill said anyone who wants to reenlist must meet all military health and fitness standards and moral requirements, and will have to provide tax records and other paperwork.
—Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 9 Apr. 2025
Merit wants to go to college, but Zoe − who seems to have little support from friends or relatives − is skeptical and threatens to reenlist.
—Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025
Initially sunk and abandoned after sustaining substantial battle damage, Japanese forces managed to raise the destroyer, repair it, and reenlist it against America as a naval convoy escort.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 3 Oct. 2024
About 800,000 students and workers, on Friday alone, across the country expressed a desire to enlist or reenlist in the military to counter the United States, the Rodong Sinmun newspaper reported.
—Reuters, NBC News, 18 Mar. 2023
About 800,000 students and workers, on Friday alone, across the country expressed a desire to enlist or reenlist in the military to counter the United States, North Korea’s state newspaper Rodong Sinmun newspaper reported on Saturday.
—Reuters, CNN, 18 Mar. 2023
Arkansas Online, 26 May 2025
Dill said anyone who wants to reenlist must meet all military health and fitness standards and moral requirements, and will have to provide tax records and other paperwork.
—Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 9 Apr. 2025
Merit wants to go to college, but Zoe − who seems to have little support from friends or relatives − is skeptical and threatens to reenlist.
—Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025
Initially sunk and abandoned after sustaining substantial battle damage, Japanese forces managed to raise the destroyer, repair it, and reenlist it against America as a naval convoy escort.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 3 Oct. 2024
About 800,000 students and workers, on Friday alone, across the country expressed a desire to enlist or reenlist in the military to counter the United States, the Rodong Sinmun newspaper reported.
—Reuters, NBC News, 18 Mar. 2023
About 800,000 students and workers, on Friday alone, across the country expressed a desire to enlist or reenlist in the military to counter the United States, North Korea’s state newspaper Rodong Sinmun newspaper reported on Saturday.
—Reuters, CNN, 18 Mar. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reenlist
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Hairston was designated to return from IR and began his 21-day practice window on Monday, but this latest update puts him on track to potentially rejoin the lineup ahead of Buffalo's Week 8 road test against the Carolina Panthers.—
Rowan Fisher-Shotton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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Schweitzman began her career as an assistant at CAA and rejoined the agency in 2017 as an agent after working for Alex Kurtzman’s Secret Hideout.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
22 Oct. 2025
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Susan De Marco was nervous to reenter the workforce when her third son went off to kindergarten.—
Madeline Mitchell,
USA Today,
22 Oct. 2025
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The Red Sox and Bregman will have another song and dance to play after the update from the New York Post's Jon Heyman that the third baseman reportedly opt-out of his contract to reenter free agency.—
Tim Crowley,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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The company will also put information about the need to reenroll at its network pharmacies and use online advertising such as on Facebook and Google.—
Phil Galewitz,
Fortune,
7 Mar. 2023
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Coverage runs for a year, and families can reenroll at the end of that year.—
Jenna Carlesso,
Hartford Courant,
10 Jan. 2023
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During October Prime Day, grab some new face wash, stock up on lip plumper, and re-up your supply of whitening strips — there’s no better time than right now.—
Madison Yauger,
PEOPLE,
6 Oct. 2025
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Shop here to re-up your go-to products, or try something new from the brand—and find our editors’ selection of award-winning Charlotte Tilbury favorites, below.—
Grace McCarty,
Glamour,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Reenlist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reenlist. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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