resurface
verb
re·sur·face
(ˌ)rē-ˈsər-fəs 
resurfaced; resurfacing; resurfaces
: to provide with a new or fresh surface
resurface skin by dermabrasion
: to come again to the surface (as of the water)
broadly
: reappear
Examples of resurface in a Sentence
A few of the writer's journals have resurfaced.
His resentment toward her resurfaced.
The road needs to be resurfaced.
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One went underwater and did not resurface.
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Doug Myers,
CBS News,
27 June 2026
Obama’s name resurfaced in the headlines last week as his family and dignitaries officially opened the $850 million Obama Presidential Center on Chicago’s South Side.
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Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
27 June 2026
Bell’s scheme, presented in a journal devoted to eugenics and geared toward optimizing dietary protein, would later resurface at another moment of food anxiety, when Walter Voegtlin was inventing the Paleo diet in the 1970s.
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David Merritt Johns,
The Atlantic,
27 June 2026
Questions about whether shrinking schools is a viable path forward could soon resurface as Hutchinson and the board’s most labor-friendly members — directors Valarie Bachelor and Jennifer Brouhard — go up for re-election in November.
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Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
26 June 2026
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Doug Myers,
CBS News,
27 June 2026
Obama’s name resurfaced in the headlines last week as his family and dignitaries officially opened the $850 million Obama Presidential Center on Chicago’s South Side.
—
Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
27 June 2026
Bell’s scheme, presented in a journal devoted to eugenics and geared toward optimizing dietary protein, would later resurface at another moment of food anxiety, when Walter Voegtlin was inventing the Paleo diet in the 1970s.
—
David Merritt Johns,
The Atlantic,
27 June 2026
Questions about whether shrinking schools is a viable path forward could soon resurface as Hutchinson and the board’s most labor-friendly members — directors Valarie Bachelor and Jennifer Brouhard — go up for re-election in November.
—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
26 June 2026
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“Resurface.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/resurface. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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resurface
verb
re·sur·face
rē-ˈsər-fəs
1
: to provide with a new or fresh surface
resurface the table
2
: to come again to the surface (as of water)
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