reactivate

verb

Definition of reactivatenext
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. — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 7 June 2026 Then build a sharp profile around that, reactivate your network and share one insight per week. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026 When your immune system weakens with age, due to stress, or from illness, the virus can reactivate, leading to a case of shingles. — Petra Guglielmetti, Glamour, 7 May 2026 The report indicates that the organ procurement organization initially listed the liver as testing negative for cytomegalovirus, or CMV, a common virus that stays dormant in the body for life after infection and can sometimes reactivate. — Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 13 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for reactivate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reactivate
  1. restart
  2. reinvent
  3. refresh
  4. resurrect
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  • Coming off a 4-0 loss to Orlando City on Wednesday to restart their MLS season after a two-month World Cup break, the Quakes dominated possession and outshot the Galaxy 19-9.
    — Harold Gutmann, Mercury News, 26 July 2026
  • But following an apparent judicial U-turn this week, the high-stakes battle to overturn the controversial legislation has officially restarted.
    — Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
Definition of restart
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  • Opened in 2022 as a rentable vacation home and events space, this white Mediterranean-style villa reinvented itself last year as a canal-side, five-room boutique hotel, complete with a boat dock, a spa, a garden, a saltwater pool and a chef.
    — The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2026
  • Rather than reinventing itself, the restaurant has focused on refining what already works while maintaining the neighborhood atmosphere that has kept regulars coming back.
    — Evan Moore July 17, Charlotte Observer, 17 July 2026
Definition of reinvent
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  • Pride approached honoring the legacy of A Different World while creating a story that feels renewed and refreshed, yet still has those iconic roots.
    — Dominique Fluker, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • Data centers generate significantly more property tax revenue per acre than warehouses or manufacturing facilities because of their expensive buildings and constantly refreshed computer equipment.
    — Brian Carlton, Baltimore Sun, 17 July 2026
Definition of refresh
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  • Cook built the arch two decades ago, when resurrecting classical architecture in America was an eccentric idea.
    — Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
  • Heavyweight was resurrected by Pushkin Industries so that host Jonathan Goldstein can still help people track down individuals from their past to resolve long-standing regrets or unresolved mysteries with a healthy dose of humor.
    — Frank Racioppi, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
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