reactivating

verb

present participle of reactivate
as in restarting

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  1. restarting
  2. reinventing
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  • When the foliage declines the bulbs, actually tubers, rest before restarting growth the following spring.
    — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2026
  • If the former occurs, X doesn’t really offer solutions, only suggestions that users try basic fixes, like restarting or updating, switching to another device, or toggling between Wi-Fi or cellular data.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 29 July 2026
Definition of restarting
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  • Fixing this doesn’t require reinventing how Florida runs elections.
    — Jonathan Webber, Sun Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The idea of artists reinventing themselves every few years, in art and in life, is, of course, not new.
    — Mitch Therieau, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of reinventing
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