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Recent Examples of reactivate
But any prolonged Israeli occupation risks alienating Syrians and providing Iran with a pretext to reactivate its anti-Israel agenda in Syria.
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Hamidreza Azizi, Foreign Affairs, 23 Dec. 2024
How to use it: To amp up the volume after a long day, spray your hair with a little bit of water to reactivate the mousse for added shape and dimension.
—Sarah Hoffmann, Allure, 22 Dec. 2024
The spokesperson added that the military was working to reactivate a desalination plant in Gaza's southern city of Khan Younis, among other projects that include repairing damaged pipes.
—David Hodari, NBC News, 20 Dec. 2024
And both nations are expected to reactivate another agenda that unites them: the support for democratic movements and Islamists.
—Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Dec. 2024
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Hamidreza Azizi, Foreign Affairs, 23 Dec. 2024
How to use it: To amp up the volume after a long day, spray your hair with a little bit of water to reactivate the mousse for added shape and dimension.
—Sarah Hoffmann, Allure, 22 Dec. 2024
The spokesperson added that the military was working to reactivate a desalination plant in Gaza's southern city of Khan Younis, among other projects that include repairing damaged pipes.
—David Hodari, NBC News, 20 Dec. 2024
And both nations are expected to reactivate another agenda that unites them: the support for democratic movements and Islamists.
—Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reactivate
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The denial-of-service attacks ceased minutes before agents first made contact with him, and did not restart after his computer was seized, according to the filing.Dan Mangan, CNBC, 10 Jan. 2025
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Constellation agreed last year to spend $1.6 billion to restart a nuclear reactor at Three Mile Island near Harrisburg, Pa. — a project for which Microsoft is effectively footing the bill.Rebecca F. Elliott, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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By devoting more energy and resources to countering all forms of Islamic terrorism and focusing less on reinventing the term terrorism to broaden its meaning.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
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The franchise has been reinvented countless times over the last 40 years and is just now reaching what seems to be a second apex.Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 31 Dec. 2024
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It has been refreshed over the years—most recently between 2021 and 2022—but never fully restored.Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 6 Jan. 2025
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Many think the concerns about risk-aversion would be allayed if content chiefs switched up their commissioning teams more regularly, like football managers refreshing their squads.Jake Kanter, Deadline, 6 Jan. 2025
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Peter Sullivan Jan 6, 2025 Groups call for action on childhood cancer bills A group of 77 cancer organizations is calling on Congress to resurrect five bills addressing childhood cancer that were dropped from the CR last month.Tina Reed, Axios, 14 Jan. 2025
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In 2019, creative director Michael Goldberg stumbled upon an obscure website reference to Luna Luna, and spearheaded the effort to resurrect the art-adventure park, enlisting Canadian rapper, singer, and actor Drake, who invested $100 million with his entertainment company, DreamCrew.Natasha Gural, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
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“Reactivate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reactivate. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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