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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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The year before, quarterback Baker Mayfield had a resurgent season, establishing the Buccaneers as one of the best offenses in the league.
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Ted Nguyen, New York Times, 17 June 2025
Prior to that, Stanton enjoyed a somewhat resurgent regular season, hitting .233/.298/.475 with 27 homers and 72 RBI as Aaron Judge and Juan Soto became the 1-2 punch in the Yankees’ lineup.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 16 June 2025
Radical, often foreign jihadists still make up a significant portion of the armed forces, ISIS is resurgent, former Assad loyalists remain dissatisfied, the economy is nonexistent from 13 years of warfare, and countless sectarian divisions threaten to rupture at any moment.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 15 June 2025
With Baez's resurgent season and versatility combined with the struggles of Jung, the Tigers could look to fill third base with someone outside of the organization in the second half of the season.
—Hunter Mulholland, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025
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Ted Nguyen, New York Times, 17 June 2025
Prior to that, Stanton enjoyed a somewhat resurgent regular season, hitting .233/.298/.475 with 27 homers and 72 RBI as Aaron Judge and Juan Soto became the 1-2 punch in the Yankees’ lineup.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 16 June 2025
Radical, often foreign jihadists still make up a significant portion of the armed forces, ISIS is resurgent, former Assad loyalists remain dissatisfied, the economy is nonexistent from 13 years of warfare, and countless sectarian divisions threaten to rupture at any moment.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 15 June 2025
With Baez's resurgent season and versatility combined with the struggles of Jung, the Tigers could look to fill third base with someone outside of the organization in the second half of the season.
—Hunter Mulholland, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for resurgent
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“Resurgent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/resurgent. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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resurgent
adjective
re·sur·gent
-jənt 
: undergoing or tending to produce resurgence
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