renewing

present participle of renew
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as in reviving
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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as in repeating
to make or do again I can only renew my offer to help—it's up to them to accept it

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Recent Examples of renewing Orange County voters have once again demonstrated their commitment to public education by renewing the one-mill referendum. — Clinton McCracken, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2026 El-Sayed’s former primary opponent, Haley Stevens, upended the race by endorsing Rogers, renewing focus on tensions over Israel and the party’s direction. — Jill Colvin, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2026 Recommended by Our Editors For families who’d rather own their ad blocker than keep renewing it, this is a smart one-time buy. — Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 4 Nov. 2026 Enes Kanter Freedom praised the WNBA’s players but took a shot at league leadership after Saturday’s historic Game 7, renewing his warning that his push to enter the 2027 draft is far from over. — Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 Nov. 2026 Spain’s second deadly high-speed rail crash this year killed 69 people and left 50 hospitalized, renewing doubts about a network long considered a national achievement. — Joseph Wilson, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026 Congress allowed a national assault weapons ban to expire in 2004, but Democrats have supported renewing it in response to mass shootings. — ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026 The push in the United States and Israel toward renewing hostilities with Iran follows months of relative stalemate. — Scott Peterson, Christian Science Monitor, 27 Oct. 2026 In May the following year, the pair got symbolically married in Las Vegas and made a tradition out of renewing their vows with each wedding anniversary. — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 26 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for renewing
Verb
  • Bringing back Eric Bieniemy this season as offensive coordinator, or even restoring Matt Nagy to the job before him, perhaps resonated much the same way as points of loyalty over innovation.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 13 Nov. 2026
  • Dove taught herself to rewire vintage lamps and has also taken on plastering, sanding, fixing sticky windows and restoring original pieces to sell.
    — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 13 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Chicago voters overwhelmingly voted in favor of resuming the use of gunshot detection technology in a referendum vote on Election Day.
    — Sabrina Franza, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Restart support should cover the actual costs of resuming valuable work, with urgency for long-running studies, irreplaceable biological resources and teams at risk of dispersing.
    — Carole LaBonne, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Carrick’s departure comes less than six months after he was given a two-year contract and the responsibility of reviving the fortunes of the once-dominant force of English soccer.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Nov. 2026
  • By reviving oil production and improving the country’s economic prospects, the agreement could also help the Venezuelan government restructure its crippling debt.
    — Ian Bremmer, Time, 10 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • There will be nonstop panels on TV and livestreams, analysts repeating analysis of days-old polls, and — come afternoon — figures from exit polls suggesting that Hispanics are voting in large numbers, or that the economy is a major issue.
    — Ben Smith, semafor.com, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Mirrors facing one another from opposite walls reflect an infinite number of repeating images, giving visitors a sense of the eternal.
    — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Better yet, recreating it doesn’t require a celebrity-sized budget.
    — Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 9 Nov. 2026
  • Below, shop similar suede coats on Amazon, starting at $36, plus inspiration for recreating the entire look.
    — Jessie Quinn, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Ultimately, the new board’s intention would be to file for chapter 11 bankruptcy – which would allow the hospitals to reorganize while continuing to operate – and turn them into nonprofits.
    — Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 13 Nov. 2026
  • With repairs continuing, Microsoft earlier Friday provided a bit more insight into what went so wrong and how the conspiracy theories were incorrect.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 13 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • After resurrecting iconic consoles like the 2600 and Mattel’s Intellivision, Atari is relaunching one of the brand’s personal computers that originally debuted 43 years ago.
    — Andrew Liszewski, The Verge, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Track down the Elixir of Life, which brings people back from the dead, in hopes of resurrecting her brother.
    — Kat Pettibone, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Whether this fragment is capable of replicating remains unknown.
    — Diana Kwon, Vox, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Experiments replicating hypersonic stress records phase changes in real time.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026

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“Renewing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/renewing. Accessed 15 Nov. 2026.

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