Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To elect again.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To elect again.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To elect again.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
elect for a second or subsequent time.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb elect again
Etymologies
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Examples
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Leasing costs of $3.46 per square foot per year of lease term reelect a number of strategic transactions.
pfblogs.org: The Ad-Free Personal Finance Blogs Aggregator 2008
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The steady spending late last year makes the donors well-positioned now to call on the members they helped reelect to assault or defend elements of the reform that matter to their bottom line.
Health-related money continues to flow to members of Congress R. Jeffrey Smith 2011
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But the two-term senator is under 50 percent and gets just 33 percent of voters to say they will definitely vote to reelect her -- a sign that Republicans could win with the right candidate here.
Palin's PAC raised $279k to close 2010 Aaron Blake 2011
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Between the two Daleys, we did manage to elect and reelect Harold Washington, a small-d as well as large-D democrat, who treated his mayoralty as a cooperative project with the people and communities he governed.
Kelly Kleiman: Democracy Is Not a Tragedy Kelly Kleiman 2010
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Nowhere in the United States is political courage for progressive principles more on the line this Election Day than in the battle to reelect Grijalva.
Norman Solomon: Top 'Tossup' House Race for Progressives: Raul Grijalva Norman Solomon 2010
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If their ideas were good, their actions would speak for themselves and people would reelect them.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Balkin on the “Slaughter Solution” 2010
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I hope his 2012 campaign ads avoid racial incitement by only saying “reelect the incumbent.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Taking ObamaCare Challenges Seriously 2010
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The failure to follow through on a campaign promise is a reason to reelect the president.
HUFFPOST HILL - Obama To Outline Immigration Overhaul Eliot Nelson 2011
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I hope his 2012 campaign ads avoid racial incitement by only saying “reelect the incumbent.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Taking ObamaCare Challenges Seriously 2010
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I'd certainly vote to reelect her if I lived in Palo Alto or Half Moon Bay.
TV's Sound and Fury Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011
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