Meaning & use
Reentering
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Coming or going back into a place, state, or activity that one had previously left.
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The capsule began reentering the atmosphere at thousands of miles per hour.
After years abroad, she found reentering the workforce more difficult than she expected.
A note on using this word
"Atmospheric reentry" is the most technical common use, describing the intense heat a spacecraft faces returning to Earth.
Words with a similar meaning
reentry (of)
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Words with an opposite meaning
exitingleaving
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