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as in to restore
to bring back to a former condition or vigor
the trip to New York renewed our enthusiasm for travel
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as in to continue
to begin again or return to after an interruption
with daybreak, the rescue team will renew its efforts to reach the stranded mountain climbers
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as in to revive
to bring back to life, practice, or activity
the spate of recent movies based on classic comic book characters has renewed interest in the comics themselves
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Recent Examples of renew
Ng decided not to renew her contract and stepped down in 2023.
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Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 1 June 2025
The school district had until April 15, 2023, to notify Ashby-Welter if her contract was not going to be renewed, according to the lawsuit.
—Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 30 May 2025
At a White House event with Trump on Friday, Musk said his team would stay in place and renewed the goal of reaching at least $1 trillion in cost savings.
—Thomas Beaumont, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2025
Some other assistant coaches are still waiting to hear if their deals will be renewed, one source said.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 30 May 2025
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Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 1 June 2025
The school district had until April 15, 2023, to notify Ashby-Welter if her contract was not going to be renewed, according to the lawsuit.
—Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 30 May 2025
At a White House event with Trump on Friday, Musk said his team would stay in place and renewed the goal of reaching at least $1 trillion in cost savings.
—Thomas Beaumont, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2025
Some other assistant coaches are still waiting to hear if their deals will be renewed, one source said.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 30 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for renew
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The council has spent months deliberating the budget and, most recently, decided to restore funding for a residential parking program, youth events and immigrant legal aid.—
Annika Merrilees,
Sacbee.com,
5 June 2025
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In response to the lawsuit, the government argued that an injunction was unnecessary, since the federal government had already restored the students’ immigration statuses and instated a new policy — on April 26 — that the government wouldn’t revoke immigration statuses again for the same reason.—
Emilia Otte,
Hartford Courant,
4 June 2025
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Voice of America was founded during WWII to counter Axis propaganda and continued to bring cultural and political democracy to countries under authoritarian rule.—
Mary McNamara,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2025
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King continued to dominate, finishing his freshman season at Florida with a monstrous 73 1/3 innings with 79 strikeouts and a 2.58 ERA.—
Jackson Castellano,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 June 2025
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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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Kingsbury and fellow veteran Ashley Hatch repeated that on Friday.—
Emily Olsen,
New York Times,
7 June 2025
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Jeremy Allen White, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, and Christopher Storer all repeated their victories from the year before, while Liza Colon-Zayas nabbed her first win in a Supporting Actress upset.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
7 June 2025
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Participants are assigned real projects, receive mentorship from senior leaders, and are offered training to refresh technical and soft skills.—
Christine Michel Carter,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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While sports bars have a mixed track record of late—Hooters filed for bankruptcy two months ago—investors have started showing heightened interest in refreshing the concept.—
Brendan Coffey,
Sportico.com,
4 June 2025
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Make sure that lightning is well away from your location before resuming outdoor activity.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
8 June 2025
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The impact on aid The U.N. Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said on Thursday that since Israel resumed military operations in March, 640,000 Palestinians have been displaced.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
7 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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Beyond sustainability, there’s a raw beauty and integrity to these materials – the tonal variations in undyed wool, for example, add a depth and richness that can’t be replicated in synthetic alternatives.—
Christopher Marquis,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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Then, add to that what was used to replicate a vodka martini: A glass of water with onion in it.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
1 June 2025
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“Renew.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/renew. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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