jump-started

past tense of jump-start

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Recent Examples of jump-started Sha Na Na's appearance at Woodstock jump-started a career that included several albums and their own eponymous variety show in 1977, per NYT. Diane J. Cho, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025 The ‘yes’ campaign is being run through Newsom’s ballot measure committee, which the governor jump-started with a $2 million transfer from his gubernatorial campaign account. Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2025 During the panel's Q&A, an audience member asked the star about A Knight's Tale, and if fans ever approach him and ask him to repeat some of his most iconic lines from the ending of the 2001 film, which jump-started his career in Hollywood. Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Sep. 2025 And that kind of jump-started us, man. Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Sep. 2025 Micah Nocita’s rushing TD jump-started the rout, and Colton Camba’s long TD pass to Mikal Hegenbart late in the opening quarter accelerated it. Matt Schubert, Denver Post, 6 Sep. 2025 Offensively, quarterback Tua Tagovailoa was frustrated over how his unit couldn’t get jump-started. David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 17 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jump-started
stimulated
Verb
  • Puzzle and activity feeders mimic natural hunting behavior and keep cats mentally stimulated.
    Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The team also hopes to explore whether microscopic scaffolds can guide human cell growth and if the body can be stimulated to complete tissue regeneration once printing begins.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2025

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“Jump-started.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jump-started. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

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