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.
Recent Examples on the Web
Subsequently sold for roughly $90,000 to a family who has occupied the place ever since, the midcentury-modern home in the affluent Atherton neighborhood of Lindenwood has now resurfaced for sale almost six decades later with a nearly $6.4 million price tag.
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Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 29 Mar. 2024
If Combs is criminally charged and goes to court, details in his previous civil cases that have settled, even those involving nondisclosure agreements, could potentially resurface.
—Kimi Robinson, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2024
Those public courts still haven’t been resurfaced, but UMKC women’s tennis head coach Kendell Hale has an even bigger concern this winter.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
But in the two weeks since the primary, inflammatory remarks he's made on a range of topics have been rapidly resurfacing, flagged by reporters and opponents.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2024
The idea has resurfaced from time to time and rarely gains traction.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Mar. 2024
Public services have been limited, including trash collection, and cholera has resurfaced, while gangs have terrorized the population with systematic rape, indiscriminate kidnapping and mass killing.
—Maham Javaid, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2024
Lost sheet music from George Gershwin’s first full-length musical has resurfaced nearly a century after it was last performed.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Mar. 2024
Now, a little more than two years later, the Red Hot Chili Pepper bassist’s pedigreed property in the unincorporated community near Glendale has once again resurfaced for sale, per TMZ, this time asking a speck under $7 million.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 25 Mar. 2024
Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 29 Mar. 2024
If Combs is criminally charged and goes to court, details in his previous civil cases that have settled, even those involving nondisclosure agreements, could potentially resurface.
—Kimi Robinson, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2024
Those public courts still haven’t been resurfaced, but UMKC women’s tennis head coach Kendell Hale has an even bigger concern this winter.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
But in the two weeks since the primary, inflammatory remarks he's made on a range of topics have been rapidly resurfacing, flagged by reporters and opponents.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2024
The idea has resurfaced from time to time and rarely gains traction.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Mar. 2024
Public services have been limited, including trash collection, and cholera has resurfaced, while gangs have terrorized the population with systematic rape, indiscriminate kidnapping and mass killing.
—Maham Javaid, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2024
Lost sheet music from George Gershwin’s first full-length musical has resurfaced nearly a century after it was last performed.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Mar. 2024
Now, a little more than two years later, the Red Hot Chili Pepper bassist’s pedigreed property in the unincorporated community near Glendale has once again resurfaced for sale, per TMZ, this time asking a speck under $7 million.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 25 Mar. 2024
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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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