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
The restaurant is set to reopen in Gainey Ranch under the leadership of a new owner, Piero Aviles.
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Eddie Fontanez, AZCentral.com, 28 Feb. 2026
The judges cited Leavenworth officials’ sworn testimony as compelling evidence that CoreCivic should not be allowed to reopen without guarantees that conditions would be safer for inmates and employees than in the past.
—Matthew Kelly
february 27, Kansas City Star, 27 Feb. 2026
This was previously a Ward 128 polling location and will reopen in April as construction on the site has been completed.
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 27 Feb. 2026
Sheriff Garry McFadden will not put forward a budget request to the county to reopen Charlotte’s former juvenile jail, according to emails between County Manager Mike Bryant and a state official.
—Ryan Oehrli
february 27, Charlotte Observer, 27 Feb. 2026
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Eddie Fontanez, AZCentral.com, 28 Feb. 2026
The judges cited Leavenworth officials’ sworn testimony as compelling evidence that CoreCivic should not be allowed to reopen without guarantees that conditions would be safer for inmates and employees than in the past.
—Matthew Kelly
february 27, Kansas City Star, 27 Feb. 2026
This was previously a Ward 128 polling location and will reopen in April as construction on the site has been completed.
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 27 Feb. 2026
Sheriff Garry McFadden will not put forward a budget request to the county to reopen Charlotte’s former juvenile jail, according to emails between County Manager Mike Bryant and a state official.
—Ryan Oehrli
february 27, Charlotte Observer, 27 Feb. 2026
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On an extensive Reddit thread discussing the court opinion, the argument continued.—
EMILY HEIL THE WASHINGTON POST,
Arkansas Online,
1 Mar. 2026
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With few options remaining, the government reluctantly returned to talks with the US but refused to budge on its demand to continue enriching uranium, a fuel for nuclear power plants that can also be used to build a bomb.—
Abbas Al Lawati,
CNN Money,
1 Mar. 2026
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Production can only restart when the Strait of Hormuz is open to traffic and the LNG can be loaded onto ships, Munton said.—
Spencer Kimball,
CNBC,
3 Mar. 2026
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In the wake of the American and Israeli offensive, two senior Houthi officials told the Associated Press Saturday that the Yemeni militant group would restart missile and drone operations against commercial shipping.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
2 Mar. 2026
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The key issues for markets are whether transit through the Strait of Hormuz will be able to resume as well as trying to assess the duration of the war, said Rob Haworth, senior investment strategy director at US Bank Asset Management.—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
5 Mar. 2026
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Some Gulf airlines have since resumed flights, though mainly for repatriation efforts.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Reopen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reopen. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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