reentry
noun
re·en·try
(ˌ)rē-ˈen-trē 
1
: a retaking possession
especially
: entry by a lessor on leased premises on the tenant's failure to perform the conditions of the lease
2
: a second or new entry
3
: a playing card that will enable a player to regain the lead
4
: the action of reentering the earth's atmosphere after travel in space
Examples of reentry in a Sentence
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It had been thrown out by the Canadarm2 robotic arm and left to tumble towards Earth in an uncontrolled reentry.
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Passant Rabie / Gizmodo, Quartz, 16 Apr. 2024
Lee, 37, became the first employer to sign up for the Prince George’s reentry hiring incentive, which reimburses businesses that hire people returning home from jail or prison.
—Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2024
The legislative analysts report noted that the administration has said that closing more prisons could create challenges, such as reducing the availability of treatment and reentry programs.
—Anabel Sosa, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2024
Orion’s heat shield, meanwhile, did not fully withstand the 5,000°F fires of reentry sufficiently for the spacecraft to be considered safe to carry a crew.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 1 Apr. 2024
As for whether Ivanka will ever make her reentry into the political world?
—Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 21 Mar. 2024
After sending her fellow survivors ahead of her, Jo manually navigates an escape pod to reentry.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 21 Feb. 2024
This would require a reentry vehicle, for example, which doesn’t exist yet but could theoretically be constructed based on existing technology.
—Georgina Torbet, The Verge, 19 Mar. 2024
India did not give an exact number of reentry vehicles released during the Agni-V test, but MIRVed missiles can carry a dozen or possibly more MIRV warheads.
—Brad Lendon, CNN, 12 Mar. 2024
Passant Rabie / Gizmodo, Quartz, 16 Apr. 2024
Lee, 37, became the first employer to sign up for the Prince George’s reentry hiring incentive, which reimburses businesses that hire people returning home from jail or prison.
—Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2024
The legislative analysts report noted that the administration has said that closing more prisons could create challenges, such as reducing the availability of treatment and reentry programs.
—Anabel Sosa, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2024
Orion’s heat shield, meanwhile, did not fully withstand the 5,000°F fires of reentry sufficiently for the spacecraft to be considered safe to carry a crew.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 1 Apr. 2024
As for whether Ivanka will ever make her reentry into the political world?
—Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 21 Mar. 2024
After sending her fellow survivors ahead of her, Jo manually navigates an escape pod to reentry.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 21 Feb. 2024
This would require a reentry vehicle, for example, which doesn’t exist yet but could theoretically be constructed based on existing technology.
—Georgina Torbet, The Verge, 19 Mar. 2024
India did not give an exact number of reentry vehicles released during the Agni-V test, but MIRVed missiles can carry a dozen or possibly more MIRV warheads.
—Brad Lendon, CNN, 12 Mar. 2024
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reentry
noun
re·en·try
(ˈ)rē-ˈen-trē
1
: a second or new entry
2
: the action of reentering the earth's atmosphere after travel in space
Medical Definition
reentry
noun
re·en·try
(ˈ)rē-ˈen-trē
plural reentries
: a cardiac mechanism that is held to explain certain abnormal heart actions (as tachycardia) and that involves the transmission of a wave of depolarization along an alternate pathway when the original pathway is blocked with return of the impulse along the blocked pathway when the alternate pathway is refractory and then transmission along the open pathway resulting in an abnormality
Legal Definition
reentry
noun
re·en·try
ˌrē-ˈen-trē
: a retaking possession of property by a lessor or grantor in exercise of the right to do so upon the failure of the lessee or grantee to fulfill a covenant or condition see also power of termination at power sense 2b
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