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Recent Examples of reactivate
In her State of the City address this past March, the mayor announced the program would expand to universities and employers looking to reactivate office buildings as dorms or workforce housing.
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Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 4 June 2025
The social feeds have been popping, and teams have already reactivated the marketing email machines.
—Emily Olsen, New York Times, 29 July 2025
But since 2022, Japan — facing high energy costs and dependent on overseas imports — has U-turned, reactivating 14 plants.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 25 July 2025
At 20 mph, the motor will cut out and the cyclist will have to pedal the bike to reactivate it.
—Stephanie Pearson, Wired News, 19 July 2025
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Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 4 June 2025
The social feeds have been popping, and teams have already reactivated the marketing email machines.
—Emily Olsen, New York Times, 29 July 2025
But since 2022, Japan — facing high energy costs and dependent on overseas imports — has U-turned, reactivating 14 plants.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 25 July 2025
At 20 mph, the motor will cut out and the cyclist will have to pedal the bike to reactivate it.
—Stephanie Pearson, Wired News, 19 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reactivate
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Birth certificates, driver’s licenses and social security cards can take weeks to replace, and losing them can restart the process of getting someone supportive housing.—
Keely Doll,
The Courier-Journal,
15 Aug. 2025
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The deal with the Trump administration allows the companies to obtain export licenses to restart sales of those chips in China, a US official told CNN.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
12 Aug. 2025
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Community colleges occupy a similar space: quietly reinventing how education aligns with workforce evolution.—
Alex Goryachev,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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This was almost a decade before Marciano would reinvent himself in 2010 with the seminal record Marcberg.—
Angel Diaz,
Billboard,
8 Aug. 2025
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And while the move is an ambitious one, an argument could be made that a shorter Campaign 4 would benefit all involved to refresh both GMs’ creative chops and leave Mercer open to pursue different endeavors outside of the world of Exandria (or future ones within it).—
Dana Reboe,
Rolling Stone,
7 Aug. 2025
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Instead, wipe down your gadgets with products specially formulated for them or use a clean, dry microfiber cloth to refresh a screen.—
Lauren Wicks,
Southern Living,
6 Aug. 2025
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Vineland is apt for our moment since the plot is set in motion by Reagan’s slashing of the federal government, unwittingly severing millions of connections, setting in motion events beyond anyone’s control, resurrecting the suppressed.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Aug. 2025
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Lamm then said the capabilities of resurrecting previously extinct species are to help preserve the Earth's present biodiversity before it is wiped out by climate change and can lend itself to other initiatives, like health care and cancer research.—
Karoline Leonard,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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“Reactivate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reactivate. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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