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Recent Examples of reactivate
The scammers asked the victims to share a one-time passcode to give them access to the account, purportedly to remove their account, reactivate it or to confirm their status as active.
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Thomas Brewster, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
How to spot a text message scam While Ashley was able to reactivate her account without paying a huge fee, an account that goes delinquent can result in hundreds and even thousands of dollars in penalties in other states.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 16 Aug. 2025
The code talker program remained classified until 1968, in case the military should ever need to reactivate it.
—Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2025
Restore and reactivate the Belle Isle Boathouse for public use.
—Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 12 Aug. 2025
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Thomas Brewster, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
How to spot a text message scam While Ashley was able to reactivate her account without paying a huge fee, an account that goes delinquent can result in hundreds and even thousands of dollars in penalties in other states.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 16 Aug. 2025
The code talker program remained classified until 1968, in case the military should ever need to reactivate it.
—Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2025
Restore and reactivate the Belle Isle Boathouse for public use.
—Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 12 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reactivate
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At the same time, Stein strongly criticized the decision by GOP lawmakers to include a provision in the bill directing the state to adopt an alternative method of execution, in an attempt to restart the death penalty.—
Avi Bajpai,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Oct. 2025
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The incident, which happened as the session was restarted after George Russell's bodywork was cleared from the track, has since started an investigation.—
Alex Harrington,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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In October 2011, during the peak of Glee, Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk debuted a horror series that eventually broke ground as the first anthology to reinvent itself each season with a brand-new story, setting, and characters played by (mostly) familiar faces.—
James Mercadante,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Oct. 2025
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Since retiring from the NFL in 2020, former Pro Bowler and Superbowl winner Davis has reinvented himself as an actor and producer, with a growing list of film and TV credits.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
1 Oct. 2025
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Taiwan converts time into a weapon by turning drones into throughput problems, from design to fab to field to refresh.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Oct. 2025
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Simply plucking young stars from viewers’ social-media feeds won’t radically alter or refresh SNL.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
1 Oct. 2025
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That’s why Cristobal returned in 2022, leaving a pretty good gig in Oregon to help resurrect a once-proud program.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
5 Oct. 2025
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Also this week, the beloved choco taco has been resurrected thanks to gourmet ice cream chain Salt & Straw.—
Li Goldstein,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Reactivate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reactivate. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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