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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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Johnnie Izquierdo / Getty Images The New England Patriots’ resurgent season continued in Tennessee as quarterback Drake Maye led the team to a 31-13 win over the Tennessee Titans, moving the Pats to 5-2.
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Devon Henderson, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
So here was Mahomes hitting Rice for two touchdown passes (and on a no-look pass), Brown for another TD and the resurgent Travis Kelce taking another pass for his season-long of 44 yards while seven receivers had 28 or more yards.
—Kansas City Star, 19 Oct. 2025
The Yankees acquired Cody Bellinger in a trade with the Chicago Cubs and enjoyed a resurgent season from the former Most Valuable Player Award winner.
—Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
Investors are concerned a resurgent US-China trade war could stoke inflation and raise the risk of an economic slowdown, according to Sam Stovall, chief investment strategist at CFRA Research.
—John Towfighi, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025
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Devon Henderson, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
So here was Mahomes hitting Rice for two touchdown passes (and on a no-look pass), Brown for another TD and the resurgent Travis Kelce taking another pass for his season-long of 44 yards while seven receivers had 28 or more yards.
—Kansas City Star, 19 Oct. 2025
The Yankees acquired Cody Bellinger in a trade with the Chicago Cubs and enjoyed a resurgent season from the former Most Valuable Player Award winner.
—Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
Investors are concerned a resurgent US-China trade war could stoke inflation and raise the risk of an economic slowdown, according to Sam Stovall, chief investment strategist at CFRA Research.
—John Towfighi, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025
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“Resurgent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/resurgent. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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resurgent
adjective
re·sur·gent
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: undergoing or tending to produce resurgence
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