reinstate
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On Monday, they announced they were suing to reinstate their access.
From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2026
When Mr. Freeman was promoted to head football coach at Notre Dame in 2021, one of his first priorities was to reinstate pregame Mass for the team.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
San Bernardino County Superior Court Judge Michael Sachs, weighing both state law and a Supreme Court order, rejected an attempt by the Chino Valley Unified School District to reinstate its mandatory parent-notification policy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
In January 2011, the Supreme Court upheld Singh's life sentence, refusing the prosecutors' plea to reinstate the death penalty.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
The soldiers’ job was to reinstate the country’s democratically elected government, in the process stripping power from the junta—a government composed of military leaders—whose corrupt and cruel reign had gone on for three years.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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The NCAA, meanwhile, is hoping an appeals court reinstates Sorsby’s ban.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
“We hope the school board reinstates him promptly to his position as superintendent.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2026
Even if the president reinstates most levies, the Treasury might have to refund what it has already collected.
From Barron's ● Feb. 21, 2026
That language clearly reinstates any federal employee who was either told they’d be laid off during the shutdown or actually laid off.
From Slate ● Dec. 22, 2025
For the reinstatement of this act ipso facto reinstates the epistemological predicament to get rid of which it was first banished from logic.
From Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude by Boyd H. Bode
Mr. Altman famously fought back and was reinstated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
She said that after her employees’ federal badges expired last month, they were eventually reinstated until Oct.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
Proceedings had earlier been suspended after doubts were raised over Ortiz's mental competence, but Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Maria Cavalluzzi on Tuesday reinstated criminal proceedings.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
But after City flexed its legal might in a drawn-out appeals process that landed before the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the club was cleared and reinstated in European competition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
He returned to Haiti in mid-October 1994, the day Aristide was reinstated as president, about three years after he had been deposed.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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More colleges are recognizing this by reinstating standardized test requirements for admissions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
In addition to reinstating gate visitors, the Trump administration is also looking at allowing passengers with TSA PreCheck to take water with them through airport security, according to US media reports.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Attorneys for Kil said the university was in the process of reinstating her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
He did not endorse reinstating requirements or keeping the status quo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
Before going to bed for the night, I wrote letters to my four just expelled students, reinstating them.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
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