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 Early in season 2, he's reanimated by Pugsley (Isaac Ordonez) due to Pugsley's electrokinesis abilities. Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2025 In the first half of the new season, she's reanimated the dead, gained an invisible stalker, and lost a duel with her own mother. PC Magazine, 29 Aug. 2025 Based on interviews conducted by journalist Peter Evans, who was engaged in the late 1980s to write Gardner’s memoirs, the play reanimates the combative and complex conversations between the two. Rebecca Bihn-Wallace, Vogue, 20 Aug. 2025 The process succeeded, reanimating the heart and allowing it to be used in a transplant. Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 17 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for reanimate
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  • Investors cheered the improbable rise of the amateur heavy metal drummer and hard-line conservative, who’s expected to increase defense spending, cut taxes, and revive Japan’s nuclear power industry.
    Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Deep sleepers will appreciate the gradual wakeup call from a large catalog of alarm sounds, and an alarm volume that reaches decibels capable of reviving a bear from its hibernation.
    Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2025
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  • Retro speed resurrected The engine will debut in Runge’s upcoming R3 supercar, a lightweight machine weighing just 1,720 pounds (780 kilograms).
    Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Hocus Pocus is a Disney movie about teens who accidentally resurrect a trio of witches.
    Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
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  • Brooklyn and Nicola married in April 2022 and renewed their wedding vows this past August.
    Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
  • In mid-June, they were relieved to learn that their home insurance would be renewed—but their annual premium was going up by a thousand dollars.
    Ingfei Chen, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2025

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“Reanimate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reanimate. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.

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