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as in restoring
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 resuming
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 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
The fee will apply whether the driver is being issued a license for the first time or renewing their license.
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Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 28 Sep. 2025
According to a front desk employee, this location is not renewing its lease and is closing due to increasing rent prices.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Sep. 2025
Five months after ending development of its own obesity treatment, Pfizer is renewing its push into the rapidly growing field with a nearly $5 billion acquisition.
—Boston Herald Wire Services, Boston Herald, 22 Sep. 2025
Teigen and Legend then marked their tenth wedding anniversary in 2023 by renewing their vows in Italy.
—Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2025
And Rodriguez’s family has said their only crime was not renewing their visas.
—Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025
The new rules allowed only certain government and diplomatic officials, and some visitor visa holders, to skip an in-person interview when renewing their documents.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
The majority of the conversations are about renewing it and renewing it quickly.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, parent company Oppo is taking its relationship with Hasselblad in a different direction by renewing its partnership with the Swedish firm in July.
—Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 6 Sep. 2025
Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 28 Sep. 2025
According to a front desk employee, this location is not renewing its lease and is closing due to increasing rent prices.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Sep. 2025
Five months after ending development of its own obesity treatment, Pfizer is renewing its push into the rapidly growing field with a nearly $5 billion acquisition.
—Boston Herald Wire Services, Boston Herald, 22 Sep. 2025
Teigen and Legend then marked their tenth wedding anniversary in 2023 by renewing their vows in Italy.
—Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2025
And Rodriguez’s family has said their only crime was not renewing their visas.
—Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025
The new rules allowed only certain government and diplomatic officials, and some visitor visa holders, to skip an in-person interview when renewing their documents.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
The majority of the conversations are about renewing it and renewing it quickly.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, parent company Oppo is taking its relationship with Hasselblad in a different direction by renewing its partnership with the Swedish firm in July.
—Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 6 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for renewing
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The International Classic Film Market (MIFC), the world’s only market dedicated to restoring and promoting heritage films, returns to Lyon alongside the Lumière Film Festival for its 13th edition expected to draw a record number of participants.—
Lise Pedersen,
Variety,
3 Oct. 2025
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And, restoring and maintaining the health of Florida’s 1,100 springs will require further study to tailor appropriate interventions to each one.—
Christopher F. Meindl,
The Conversation,
3 Oct. 2025
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Bahari Makmur Sejati, requiring the firm to demonstrate remediation before resuming shipments.—
Matt Cannon,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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But all of Nexstar’s stations, from Syracuse to Salt Lake City, are resuming Kimmel’s late-night show.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
26 Sep. 2025
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In those early days, survival was top of mind, which then gradually shifted to reviving tourism —a focus that has led to this haven's current state.—
Jennifer Prince,
Southern Living,
4 Oct. 2025
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Militaries are reviving old tactics with new technology, using decoys to confuse enemies and protect real weapons.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Oct. 2025
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Lloyd Webber is ever fond of repeating his melodies, and the emotional effect comes from placing them in different registers and layering timbres on top of one another.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
30 Sep. 2025
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Both pieces featured a repeating monogram pattern.—
Renan Botelho,
Footwear News,
30 Sep. 2025
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That process of recreating the set took only about an hour, which gave Cameron the freedom for easy reshoots and pickup lines.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
1 Oct. 2025
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Forte_Forte staged a fancy presentation recreating a Parisian boudoir, replete with towers of Champagne cups and highly photogenic sweet treats.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
29 Sep. 2025
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This includes continuing to donate 5 percent of our profits to a range of organizations and activating our long-standing tradition of local volunteerism.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Kimmel's show received its highest ratings in a decade despite Sinclair and Nexstar continuing to preempt the show during its first night.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Oct. 2025
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Right off the heels of announcing Goop’s new clothing line, Gwyneth Paltrow has decided to join celebrities like Emma Stone, Renée Zellweger, and Sarah Jessica Parker in resurrecting capri pants.—
Rylee Johnston,
PEOPLE,
24 Sep. 2025
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Finally, the Seaside Company and Ensemble Investments poured $100 million into resurrecting this beautiful beachfront hotel.—
Jackie Bryant,
AFAR Media,
23 Sep. 2025
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Miller started with strikeouts of Seiya Suzuki, Kelly and Crow-Armstrong, replicating the sequence of events from his one-inning appearance a day earlier.—
Dennis Lin,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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Hailey Bieber, too, has given the sneaker a seal of approval, strutting around in its ombré, yellow-and-orange version in London while confirming that the trench coat and Nike Shox combo is one worthy of replicating this fall.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Renewing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/renewing. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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