RENEWALS Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

renewals

noun

plural of renewal

as in repetitions

the act of saying or doing over again a campaign season that witnessed the endless renewal of the same stupid charges and countercharges

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as in revivals

the act or an instance of bringing something back to life, public attention, or vigorous activity roller-skating experienced a major renewal after the introduction of in-line skates

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Recent Examples of renewals Wagner and Nguyen both said their opposition to the contract renewals had nothing to do with politics. —

Claire Wang, Oc Register, 3 June 2026 Not accounted for in the county’s estimates are unfunded federal mandates around eligibility criteria and more frequent case renewals which will require the county to hire more staff to efficiently process cases. —

Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 2 June 2026 If a club is overspending on their salary limit, La Liga can restrict their ability to register new players, or contract renewals of existing players. —

Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 1 June 2026 The production had already booked couples for thirty of the thirty-two performances—mostly weddings, with a few vow renewals, including for the actors playing Benvolio and Pedro. —

Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 1 June 2026 In industries where reputation travels — and in a connected world, reputation travels everywhere — that honesty becomes the foundation of referrals, renewals, and the kind of word-of-mouth that no ad budget can manufacture. —

Rhett Power, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026 Historically, the board has approved charter renewals in January and February, giving operators several months’ notice before their contracts expired at the end of June. —

Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026 Rules of applications, renewals To receive a permit, residents must submit initial applications and renewal applications every two years within a permit area, according to the Sacramento city website. —

Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 28 May 2026 Disney had until Thursday to file the renewals. —

Lillian Rizzo,laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 28 May 2026

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O’Farrell’s sentences — the musicality of her repetitions, the genial warmth of her narration, the visceral pleasures of her imagery — offer comfort against the backdrop of heartbreak so common to her fiction.

— Rachel Vorona Cote, Vulture, 2 June 2026
But in Soni’s careful translation, the repetitions and subtle variation of Verma’s poems also achieve a haunting, transcendental resonance.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 1 June 2026