reauthorization

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noun

A second or subsequent authorization.

Less commonScrabble 27

Meanings

nounreauthorization (countable and uncountable, plural reauthorizations)

plural reauthorizations

  1. countableuncountableA second or subsequent authorization.
  2. countableuncountableA renewal of an authorization.

    The 1994 law remains crucial to the nation’s efforts to combat domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking. Previous reauthorizations sailed through Congress.

    2012 November 24, “The G.O.P. and Violence Against Women”, in The New York Times
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    This reauthorization cycle, those skeptics have backing among Republicans who have aligned themselves with former President Donald J. Trump’s distrust of security agencies and surveillance.

    2023 February 27, Charlie Savage, “Security Agencies and Congress Brace for Fight Over Expiring Surveillance Law”, in The New York Times

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishauthorization
  7. Englishreauthorization

From re- + authorization.

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APA

reauthorization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reauthorization

MLA

“reauthorization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reauthorization. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reauthorization,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reauthorization.

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