as in to restart
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Recent Examples of reactivate
It was announced a few days later that the Iranian authorities had decided to reactivate a six-year sentence originally meted out to Panahi in 2010 alongside a 20-year filmmaking and travel ban.
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Zac Ntim, Deadline, 2 Jan. 2026
Small wonder then that many tech firms are scrambling to secure reliable sources of power that can run 24 hours a day, 365 days of the year without interruption, including going to such lengths as to reactivate decommissioned nuclear power plants and funding the construction of new ones.
—New Atlas, 10 Dec. 2025
In people who are older or have weakened immune systems, the dormant virus can reactivate and cause shingles.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 2 Dec. 2025
Meanwhile, Elon Musk’s X has come clean about attempts by an organized cybercrime ring to bribe staff in an attempt to reactivate scam accounts peddling dubious cryptocurrencies.
—PC Magazine, 8 Nov. 2025
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Zac Ntim, Deadline, 2 Jan. 2026
Small wonder then that many tech firms are scrambling to secure reliable sources of power that can run 24 hours a day, 365 days of the year without interruption, including going to such lengths as to reactivate decommissioned nuclear power plants and funding the construction of new ones.
—New Atlas, 10 Dec. 2025
In people who are older or have weakened immune systems, the dormant virus can reactivate and cause shingles.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 2 Dec. 2025
Meanwhile, Elon Musk’s X has come clean about attempts by an organized cybercrime ring to bribe staff in an attempt to reactivate scam accounts peddling dubious cryptocurrencies.
—PC Magazine, 8 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reactivate
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Genet avoided prison in this case, but before long he was engaged in a seemingly endless cycle of theft, arrest, brief imprisonment (for weeks or months), and release, only to steal again and restart the cycle.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
31 Mar. 2026
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The government has also restarted detaining families with children at facilities like the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas.—
Armando Garcia,
ABC News,
30 Mar. 2026
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The actor and comedian, who was married to Katy Perry, has reinvented himself as a Christian convert who evangelizes about free speech and free thinking in MAGA America.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
30 Mar. 2026
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Varona, an opponent of the island’s communist government, filed onto a makeshift raft alongside a handful of others in the 1990s, risking his life and sailing across the waters of the Atlantic Ocean to reinvent his life in Florida.—
Natalia Jaramillo,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Mar. 2026
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Volunteers worked together to refresh indoor living space and improve outdoor garden areas, helping create a more peaceful and welcoming environment for the women in the program.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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This story was updated to refresh headlines.—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
30 Mar. 2026
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Americans need rebalancing — without resurrecting government bullying or Hollywood propagandizing.—
Gil Troy,
New York Daily News,
29 Mar. 2026
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The onetime Festival of Nations is set to be resurrected under a new name for the first time since 2019, with participants from 67 nations and ethnic communities.—
Jared Kaufman,
Twin Cities,
29 Mar. 2026
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“Reactivate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reactivate. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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