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Resurgent means literally a "rising again". We may speak of a resurgent baseball team, a resurgent steel industry, the resurgence of jogging, or a resurgence of violence in a war zone. Resurgence is particularly prominent in its Italian translation, risorgimento. In the 19th century, when the Italian peninsula consisted of a number of small independent states, a popular movement known as the Risorgimento managed to unify the peninsula and create the modern state of Italy in 1870.
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Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 22 May 2024
Soon though, a resurgent economy, especially in the US, saw drivers lust after ever-larger cars to match their expanding wealth.
—Alistair Charlton, WIRED, 5 May 2024
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“Resurgent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/resurgent. Accessed 1 Jun. 2024.
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