reactivates

verb

present tense third-person singular of reactivate
as in restarts

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  1. restarts
  2. reinvents
  3. refreshes
  4. resurrects
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  • Instead, Rue restarts her Bible audiobook from the beginning and considers her pill bottle.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 1 June 2026
  • Eliminating them restarts the project clock.
    — Ben Link, The Conversation, 8 May 2026
Definition of restarts
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  • Pulitzer finalist Chang-rae Lee reinvents the coming-of-age novel, evoking Westchester County’s working-class neighborhoods and ritzier suburbs during the 1970s.
    — Hamilton Cain, Time, 7 July 2026
  • For thousands of Nairobi commuters, choosing a matatu is choosing an aesthetic – a daily encounter with a culture that reinvents itself in motion.
    — Diego Menjíbar Reynés, Christian Science Monitor, 1 July 2026
Definition of reinvents
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  • Clear 0-00 Gloss, which refreshes color without additional lift.
    — Amanda Le, InStyle, 16 July 2026
  • The smash will almost certainly add to that sum in a few days when Billboard refreshes its rosters.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
Definition of refreshes
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  • Their ferocious poetry resurrects them, inviting other mad seekers to take up their story.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 1 May 2026
  • The unrestricted grant resurrects the spirt of the AIDS Treatment Project, which Giorno started when the epidemic left so many artists in need beginning in the early ’80s.
    — Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
Definition of resurrects
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