Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act or action of reentering.
- noun The return of a missile or spacecraft into the atmosphere.
- noun The act of rejoining as a participant or member.
- noun Law The recovery of possession of a property by an owner, pursuant to a right reserved in a lease or other agreement in the event of some breach of that agreement.
- noun The act of regaining the lead by taking a trick in bridge and whist.
- noun The card that will take a trick and thus regain the lead.
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- noun The act of
reentering . - noun The return of a
spacecraft into theatmosphere . - noun physiology The
reactivation of (a region of)myocardial tissue by a single, returningimpulse - noun A
resuming orretaking possession of what one has latelyforegone , especiallyland ; the entry by alessor upon the premisesleased , on failure of thetenant to pay rent or perform thecovenants in the lease.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Employment, when in the process of reentry, is that which enables an ex-offender to obtain housing, and transportation, and to pay fines.
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Lifting reentry is what I'd pick and the HL-20 style airframe will do the job just fine.
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Employment, when in the process of reentry, is that which enables an ex-offender to obtain housing, and transportation, and to pay fines.
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Winged spacecraft rely on precise and accurate computer control form their flight/navigational computers to keep stability in reentry.
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There was a policy in place because they say a lack of resources that if an illegal alien was caught simply crossing the border, it would take seven to 15 times depending on the sector of the border before that illegal alien would be prosecuted for repeat illegal reentry, which is a felony, Lou.
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Considering New Orleans 'history, it really would not have surprised me if the reentry was a reverse version of this satirical scenario, which is sadly funny in part because, historically, there has been some truth to it.
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Requiring non-trivial reauthentication (captcha, password reentry) on all
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I hope he makes a safe "reentry" into the lower layers of the atmosphere as he descends Everest.
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---- There should be some kind of reentry cocoon for recovering and returning satellites to earth.
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That crucial transition from crime to the community -- called "reentry" in criminal justice-speak -- is what we've taken advantage of in San Francisco, where I serve as the elected District Attorney.
MaryW commented on the word reentry
Charles Rowan Beye, My Husband and My Wives: A Gay Man's Odyssey (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012), p. 150
March 6, 2016