reshoring

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noun

The transfer of a business operation back to its country of origin.

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Meanings

nounreshoring (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe transfer of a business operation back to its country of origin.

    Sleek Audio is part of a trend called reshoring, in which primarily small businesses decide that China is a hassle and that they want to bring their operations closer to home, where the recession has lowered costs, created workers eager for jobs, and made it easier to justify U.S. manufacturing.

    2011 June 29, Sheridan Prasso, “Why we left our factories in China”, in Fortune, archived from the original on 02 Sep 2011

Origin

From re- + shoring, after offshoring.

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Translations

Polish relokacja
  • relokacjaTranslations
Spanish relocalización
  • relocalizaciónTranslations

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

reshoring. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reshoring

MLA

“reshoring.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reshoring. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reshoring,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reshoring.

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