How to Use reboot in a Sentence

reboot

1 of 2 verb
  • In the days leading up to this game, McCarthy spoke of how the postseason is a chance for a team to reboot.
    Dallas News, 16 Jan. 2023
  • And normalize alone time for those that need to reboot.
    Nirosha Methananda, Quartz, 28 Nov. 2022
  • Then, nearly a decade later, Miles stepped in, ably, to reboot him.
    Avery Stone, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Feb. 2024
  • At this point, your iPhone will be entirely erased and will reboot like a new phone.
    Toby Grey, BGR, 31 Aug. 2022
  • Some said Marvel is looking to reboot the team with an Avengers 5 movie that would not have the same scope as Endgame.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 1 Aug. 2022
  • Of all the things Kurri must do to reboot Jokerit, rebuilding trust with the fans might be the hardest.
    Michael Hunt, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2022
  • The Office is not the only Greg Daniels classic that the creator is hoping to reboot.
    Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Jan. 2024
  • Jennifer Aniston was at the reunion, but don't expect a Friends reboot any time soon.
    Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 29 Mar. 2023
  • But who would play Edward Cullen and Bella Swan if the saga was rebooted today?
    Ellise Shafer, Variety, 27 Nov. 2023
  • The fifth film in the Spy Kids franchise, Armageddon reboots the series after a more than 10-year absence from the screen.
    Danny Horn, EW.com, 31 Jan. 2024
  • After a brief loading screen, the Steam Deck will reboot before bringing up the desktop.
    Saira Mueller, Wired, 28 Feb. 2022
  • Having to unclog and reboot the mower every so often added quite a bit of time to the overall process.
    Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 July 2023
  • In Mortal Kombat 1, Liu Kang has the power to reboot the entire timeline and franchise to remake and fix the past.
    Rudie Obias, Variety, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Since rebooting the band around 2010, the London native has put out five new Bush albums.
    Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 5 May 2023
  • The comedy followed the cast of a sitcom who reunite in an effort to reboot the series.
    Kirsten Chuba, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Feb. 2023
  • The two teams with the NFL’s worst records since 2017 had a rare opportunity to reboot with a pair of early selections.
    Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 29 Apr. 2022
  • Be prepared for the occasional glitch that will require you to reboot to get things up and running again.
    Adria Greenhauff, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Jan. 2023
  • This year, Leigh Ellen decided to reboot the idea as a tribute concert.
    Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 14 Apr. 2022
  • Hathaway did suggest rebooting the movie with a new cast.
    Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 7 Feb. 2024
  • As Ford has learned, rebooting the brand is only the beginning.
    Dean Debiase, Forbes, 4 May 2023
  • How much of a risk is completely rebooting the New York franchise?
    Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 July 2023
  • And then the coronavirus hit, rebooting the prize timeline.
    IEEE Spectrum, 29 Mar. 2023
  • The sequel is going to be one of the last DC movies of this era before the whole franchise gets rebooted (in part so that everything will be less dark and less edgy).
    James Grebey, Vulture, 17 Mar. 2023
  • She’s been skating well recently in the World Cup circuit, too - but this is more of a time to reboot and recalibrate, for her, so to speak.
    Lori Nickel, Journal Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2023
  • After years of pushing to reboot the event, organizers were finally able to find a sponsor and put on the 2022 race.
    Natasha Dye, PEOPLE.com, 1 Aug. 2022
  • The club hierarchy has to reboot, from the executive level to the sporting setup, to achieve this.
    Henry Flynn, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Mainly, people want to know whether there's a chance the series could be rebooted and for Suits to come back for a monumental season 10.
    Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 27 Aug. 2023
  • Fielding noted that Sunak has tried to reboot his premiership by pitching himself as an agent of change.
    Karla Adam, Washington Post, 13 Nov. 2023
  • His mission will be to reboot the workplace culture of the Suns, while also bringing the franchise its first championship.
    Sopan Deb, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2022
  • Once that was completed, the bureau instructed the public to reboot their devices.
    Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 6 Apr. 2022
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reboot

2 of 2 noun
  • Here's the plan for the reboot Reach the reporter at endia.fontanez@gannett.com.
    Endia Fontanez, The Arizona Republic, 14 Apr. 2023
  • This is the 2023 reboot of what that movie might have been.
    Erik Piepenburg, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2023
  • In the reboot, we’re now supposed to see Aidan as the one who got away.
    Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 23 Aug. 2023
  • And there’s good news for fans of the original: A reboot could soon be on the way.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 20 Feb. 2024
  • But don't write this reboot off as a carbon copy of the mid-aughts hit!
    Kelsey Mulvey, House Beautiful, 6 June 2023
  • In the 2022 reboot of the franchise, Pinhead was changed to a woman.
    Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 19 July 2023
  • This isn’t the first young adult franchise to get a TV reboot and or spin-off.
    Destiny Johnson | Djohnson@oregonian.com, oregonlive, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Since then, it's had three movies and returned to our screen as a reboot with And Just Like That.
    Paris Wilson, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The Stallions won back-to-back championships in the first two seasons of the league's reboot.
    Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2023
  • The actor also appeared in the 2017 reboot of Twin Peaks.
    Ew Staff, EW.com, 23 Feb. 2024
  • This is not a rebuild for the Rams, or a reboot or remodel.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2023
  • In this case, upon reboot, Secure Boot would halt the boot process.
    Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Among Thieves is a reboot of the franchise rather than a follow-up to the 2000s trilogy.
    Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Mar. 2023
  • The reboot will have its streaming premiere on Oct. 12.
    Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Kim Cattrall was notably left out of the reboot but made a cameo in the second season.
    Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Evil Dead Rise, the first film in the Evil Dead franchise since the 2013 remake/reboot, moves the action from a cabin in the woods to an apartment in the city.
    James Grebey, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Look no further than episode 1 of the reboot, which premiered on Sunday.
    Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 17 July 2023
  • Now, there’s another toy from decades past that’s getting a reboot with hopes of a big ROI.
    Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2023
  • With all the talk of remakes in Hollywood, is there a chance of a Glee reboot happening?
    Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 3 Jan. 2024
  • After the première of the reboot, Bethenny reunited with Jill to dish on the new season.
    Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2023
  • This is essentially a reboot of when Brett Favre left the Packers for the Jets, only to miss the playoffs.
    Michael Arinze, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Some of the show's stars got together for a special event, and fans are saying that a reboot is long overdue.
    Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Wednesday’s announcement was a sort of reboot of the campaign, Marr said.
    Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The sequel of the reboot brings a fun mix of nostalgia and new ghosts, but may be too intense to bring my kindergartener.
    Kristina Behr, Parents, 21 Mar. 2024
  • This time, the reboot will take the form of a television series, rather than an eight-film franchise stretching out over a decade.
    Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 13 Apr. 2023
  • In an age of reboots, spinoffs and sequels, nostalgia sells.
    Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN, 6 Mar. 2024
  • They get installed on reboot, so try not to power cycle your phone.
    Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 24 Jan. 2024
  • To be fair, there have been signs that Marvel is already heading towards a reboot of some kind.
    Adam B. Vary, Variety, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Remakes can be tricky; there’s a reason why so many of us have been resistant toward the bevvy of reboots that have propped up in the last few years.
    Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 23 May 2023
  • Since then, the Turtles brand has morphed and evolved in various directions, with many a reboot along the way.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 7 Sep. 2023

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