reassert itself
idiom
: to start to have an effect again after a period of not having an effect
Traditional values have reasserted themselves.
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Congress should just reassert itself, get its power back.
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Michel Martin, NPR, 4 Aug. 2025
Touristic capitalism, too, will reassert itself on the North Rim, even in an era of federal budget slashing.
—Tom Zoellner, AZCentral.com, 25 July 2025
But that might change if Russia were to reassert itself in the Caucasus.
—Zaur Shiriyev, Foreign Affairs, 26 May 2025
Beginning on 7 September, the outer belt seemed to reassert itself, creating a new, three-ring, circuit.
REPT found the storage ring populated by energetic electrons—and especially those at the higher end of the energy spectrum, 6.2 to 7.5 mega electron volts.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Feb. 2013
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Michel Martin, NPR, 4 Aug. 2025
Touristic capitalism, too, will reassert itself on the North Rim, even in an era of federal budget slashing.
—Tom Zoellner, AZCentral.com, 25 July 2025
But that might change if Russia were to reassert itself in the Caucasus.
—Zaur Shiriyev, Foreign Affairs, 26 May 2025
Beginning on 7 September, the outer belt seemed to reassert itself, creating a new, three-ring, circuit.
REPT found the storage ring populated by energetic electrons—and especially those at the higher end of the energy spectrum, 6.2 to 7.5 mega electron volts.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Feb. 2013
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“Reassert itself.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reassert%20itself. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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