Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kick-started
Verb
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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 -
The Baylor pledge jump-started the offense with a 1-yard touchdown sneak less than five minutes before halftime.—
Mike Waters,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 Aug. 2025
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Their outfield, anchored by Bader, bookended by a rejuvenated Brandon Marsh and resurrected Max Kepler, collected eight hits and drove in seven runs.—
Matt Gelb,
New York Times,
11 Sep. 2025
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For one night only, local chefs Karlo Evaristo (6100 Bread) and Jared Ventura (Studio at the Montage) resurrected their pandemic-era dining concept, Adia, at Newport Beach’s Viamara.—
Carolyn Burt,
Oc Register,
9 Sep. 2025
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For the iPhone Air, Apple has revived its edge-to-edge bumper cases with a transparent back.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
11 Sep. 2025
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By 2020, the project had been revived and reimagined as a standalone reboot rather than a Legacy sequel, although the main AI, Ares, appeared in earlier (pre-reboot) versions of the script.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The reasons for this decline can be debated, but the fact remains that each country’s base must be revitalized.—
GARY ROUGHEAD,
Foreign Affairs,
2 Sep. 2025
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The home opener is still a couple weeks away, and with it, the first look at a soft reboot for the Lincoln Riley era, complete with staff reorganization, revitalized recruiting and a soon-to-open football operations fortress on campus.—
Brian Hamilton,
New York Times,
27 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The overall aim of the facial is to make your skin look revitalized, rejuvenated, and glowy, but the exact techniques used will depend on the results of your Dior Measurements.—
Asa Canty,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Sep. 2025
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There's a lot of old arguments that get rejuvenated in this movie in a way that that does creates conversation.—
Jen Juneau,
People.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Shortly after being administered the anesthesia, the child went into cardiac arrest in the dental chair and was resuscitated using chest compressions and epinephrine injections, the lawsuit says.—
Deon J. Hampton,
NBC news,
27 Aug. 2025
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Medvedev appeared to have been resuscitated by his own antics.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
25 Aug. 2025
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“Kick-started.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kick-started. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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