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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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In addition, the administration delayed a new rule set to go into effect April 14 that would cut in half exposure limits of silica dust, a driver of resurgent black lung that now affects one in five coal miners in Appalachia.
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Chris Kenning, USA Today, 1 May 2025
Dominated in the first 45 minutes by the resurgent Mancunians, the Red masses who’d descended on Wembley for this first showpiece event in a generation had precious little to shout about.
—Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Moving James closer to the line of scrimmage played a huge part in his resurgent 2024 season in coordinator Jesse Minter’s defense.
—Daniel Popper, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
Last season, Sanders led the country with a 74.0% completion percentage, ranked second with 37 touchdown passes and took the resurgent Buffaloes to a 9-4 record.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 26 Apr. 2025
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Chris Kenning, USA Today, 1 May 2025
Dominated in the first 45 minutes by the resurgent Mancunians, the Red masses who’d descended on Wembley for this first showpiece event in a generation had precious little to shout about.
—Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Moving James closer to the line of scrimmage played a huge part in his resurgent 2024 season in coordinator Jesse Minter’s defense.
—Daniel Popper, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
Last season, Sanders led the country with a 74.0% completion percentage, ranked second with 37 touchdown passes and took the resurgent Buffaloes to a 9-4 record.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 26 Apr. 2025
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“Resurgent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/resurgent. Accessed 16 May. 2025.
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resurgent
adjective
re·sur·gent
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: undergoing or tending to produce resurgence
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