as in to revive
to bring back to life, practice, or activity
the new multiplex has begun to reanimate the shabby neighborhood
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Recent Examples of reanimate
It was used for spycraft in Operation Mincemeat and reanimated, with a bonus makeover, in Death Becomes Her.
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Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025
Based on a book inspired by Chinese mythology, Ne Zha 2 tells the story of Ne Zha, a demon child raised by humans who is hunting for a magical potion to reanimate his friend, the dragon prince Ao Bing, whose body has been destroyed by a lightning strike.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
The exquisite adaptation of the popular video game delivered a stunning first season in early 2023 that reanimated the zombie apocalypse genre.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2025
The Nucleus Marketplace has just been reanimated with some $77.5 million of Bitcoin, out of a total of 5,000 BTC, being moved in a sudden transaction.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
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Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025
Based on a book inspired by Chinese mythology, Ne Zha 2 tells the story of Ne Zha, a demon child raised by humans who is hunting for a magical potion to reanimate his friend, the dragon prince Ao Bing, whose body has been destroyed by a lightning strike.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
The exquisite adaptation of the popular video game delivered a stunning first season in early 2023 that reanimated the zombie apocalypse genre.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2025
The Nucleus Marketplace has just been reanimated with some $77.5 million of Bitcoin, out of a total of 5,000 BTC, being moved in a sudden transaction.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reanimate
Verb
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In recent years, critics like White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller have revived the concept of reverse discrimination.—
Jessica Guynn,
USA Today,
6 June 2025
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Her outfit not only revived a late ’90s Mugler design, but the little black dress also nodded to an ongoing trend of creative takes on the wardrobe staple.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
5 June 2025
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In later years, Crawford resurrected his legal career, as a dedicated Indianapolis defense attorney.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
6 June 2025
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Now Orozco resurrects one of the archaic and at the same time transhistorical models and actually functioning structures that had always fused function, use value, and immaterial spirituality: the architectural typology of the bridge.—
Benjamin H. D. Buchloh,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
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The first season of Nobody Wants This became an instant hit, with Netflix announcing its decision to renew the series for a second installment in October 2024.—
Esther Kang,
People.com,
2 June 2025
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Los Angeles County renews focus on phonics In the last few years, several larger districts in California have started to embrace more structured phonics learning, including Los Angeles Unified, Long Beach Unified and Oakland Unified.—
Jenny Gold,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2025
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“Reanimate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reanimate. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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