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
After a push from some of the parish’s fiercely loyal members, St. Rocco Oratory — housed in a new yet smaller building in Chicago Heights — reopened, holding its first Mass on Christmas Day in 1998.
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Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2025
Comments The trail to the Burney Falls at McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State Park in Northern California has reopened to visitors.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 6 May 2025
Undeterred, Kenan’s heirs hired architect Leonard Schultze, the man who had designed New York’s Waldorf-Astoria, and The Breakers reopened in Renaissance Revival style in December 1926.
—Thomas Swick, Sun Sentinel, 6 May 2025
The basilica will reopen to visitors again on Sunday.
—Sean Keane, ABC News, 26 Apr. 2025
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Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2025
Comments The trail to the Burney Falls at McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State Park in Northern California has reopened to visitors.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 6 May 2025
Undeterred, Kenan’s heirs hired architect Leonard Schultze, the man who had designed New York’s Waldorf-Astoria, and The Breakers reopened in Renaissance Revival style in December 1926.
—Thomas Swick, Sun Sentinel, 6 May 2025
The basilica will reopen to visitors again on Sunday.
—Sean Keane, ABC News, 26 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reopen
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Jury selection is underway, and as the trial continues to ramp up, its grip on our culture will likely only grow stronger.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
10 May 2025
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But these people, because of their caring for the community, are continuing to show up every day, day in and day out, and making sure that the work that needs to happen during a measles outbreak happens.—
Dan Gorenstein,
NPR,
9 May 2025
Verb
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The university restarted its football team in 2017.—
Kate Marijolovic,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 May 2025
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Instead, rising costs, particularly skyrocketing electricity prices in the U.S. relative to global competitors, are leading to smelter closures rather than restarts.—
Ganesh Rao,
CNBC,
9 May 2025
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The Murrays are scheduled to return to North Carolina on Thursday where the one-year marker awaits to be endured, and life resumes.—
Mac Engel
May 16,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 May 2025
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Sitting with his defense team in Judge Arun Subramanian’s lower Manhattan courtroom, a steely eyed and fidgeting Combs Friday morning listened as the ‘Me & U’ singer resumed her testimony under questioning from attorney Anna Estevao.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
16 May 2025
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“Reopen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reopen. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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