as in to resume
to begin again or return to after an interruption
after being shut down for three years, the power plant will restart operations this week
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Recent Examples of restart
The official said Trump has options short of restarting airstrikes.
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Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
Sable had requested that Geck rescind the state court injunction following the executive order to restart the pipelines.
—Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
Without savings, those costs often end up back on credit cards, restarting the debt cycle.
—Joshua Sidorowicz, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026
Some plan to restart the medication later.
—Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 20 Apr. 2026
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Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
Sable had requested that Geck rescind the state court injunction following the executive order to restart the pipelines.
—Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
Without savings, those costs often end up back on credit cards, restarting the debt cycle.
—Joshua Sidorowicz, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026
Some plan to restart the medication later.
—Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 20 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for restart
Recent Examples of Synonyms for restart
Verb
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Morales appeared to pause for close to a minute and resume his attack in the video.—
City News Service,
Oc Register,
24 Apr. 2026
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The situation is also an opportunity for NASA to resume the kind of risk-taking that has been lacking to shake the agency out of a post-space-shuttle lethargy and to reignite passions for reaching a stretch goal under deadline pressure.—
Thomas Black,
Mercury News,
24 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Afterward, Fanning continued to play girls forced to inhabit a maturity beyond their years, including in two films by Sofia Coppola, the auteur of precisely that theme.—
Jennifer Wilson,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
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Ali and another 73 migrants then continued on to England, where he was arrested.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The United States’ 15-point proposal includes restricting Iran’s nuclear program and reopening the strait.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2026
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The official, who is not authorized to speak publicly, said this is the start of the process of reopening the Strait to commercial shipping.—
Betsy Joles,
NPR,
11 Apr. 2026
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“Restart.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/restart. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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