as in to continue
to begin again or return to after an interruption
court will reopen after a brief recess
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Recent Examples of reopen
Interstate 70 reopened Sunday morning east of Glenwood Springs after a fire temporarily shut down the interstate in both directions, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation.
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Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 22 June 2025
The Cohn Restaurant Group later took over the business and reopened the bakery.
—Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 June 2025
Interstate 80 has fully reopened through New Jersey after months of repairs and delays due to sinkholes.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 22 June 2025
Trump can bring energy prices back under control by continuing to restart pipeline projects, reopen federal lands for responsible production, and signal that American energy is open for business again.
—Andrew Langer, Boston Herald, 21 June 2025
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Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 22 June 2025
The Cohn Restaurant Group later took over the business and reopened the bakery.
—Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 June 2025
Interstate 80 has fully reopened through New Jersey after months of repairs and delays due to sinkholes.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 22 June 2025
Trump can bring energy prices back under control by continuing to restart pipeline projects, reopen federal lands for responsible production, and signal that American energy is open for business again.
—Andrew Langer, Boston Herald, 21 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reopen
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As the co-chairman continues to push the need to channel that inner 10-year-old, the episode switches to home movie footage of the players as kids, interspersed with match action from the game against Charlton.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
27 June 2025
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Our hope is that New Yorkers will continue to keep this dynamic city the capital of capitalism.—
Time,
Time,
26 June 2025
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Lee took office with a promise to restart long-dormant talks with North Korea and establish peace on the Korean Peninsula.—
Hyung-Jin Kim,
Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2025
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Lim said those tours won't likely restart anytime soon, though both new liberal South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and U.S. President Donald Trump have expressed hopes to revive dialogue with North Korea.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
26 June 2025
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Normal service resumed on Oct. 30 2023 with the M3 Pro and M3 Max models, with Oct 30. 2024 seeing the M4 Pro and M4 Max models (alongside the vanilla M4 model).—
Ewan Spence,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2025
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Melvin hopes that Devers will be playable at first base soon and that Flores will resume something resembling an everyday DH role.—
Andrew Baggarly,
New York Times,
20 June 2025
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“Reopen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reopen. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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