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 section of northbound Interstate 5 reopened to traffic before noon, the CHP said in an update to social media.
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Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 14 Sep. 2025
The store will reopen tomorrow.
—Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2025
Over the past three years, the city has begun to address long-overdue repairs, reopening pools, restoring lighting, and fixing building roofs, efforts that were largely neglected during Hernandez’s administration.
—Veronica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
Soon after, the county reopened the contract to allow double overtime, driving overtime costs to $53 million in one year.
—Matthew J. Frauenfeld, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025
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Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 14 Sep. 2025
The store will reopen tomorrow.
—Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2025
Over the past three years, the city has begun to address long-overdue repairs, reopening pools, restoring lighting, and fixing building roofs, efforts that were largely neglected during Hernandez’s administration.
—Veronica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
Soon after, the county reopened the contract to allow double overtime, driving overtime costs to $53 million in one year.
—Matthew J. Frauenfeld, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025
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Smith replied that private schools must submit renewal packets every year before they are approved to continue participation in the accounts program, and that the agency compares the new tuition rates against the older rates.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
12 Sep. 2025
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Patients who tested positive for Covid-19 continued rapid antigen testing each day until the result was negative, so researchers could see how long the infection lasted.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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The first-person shooter was originally announced back in 2017 before being scrapped and restarted entirely in 2020.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
12 Sep. 2025
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Some of those molecules get fed into the cell's metabolism, while others get built up into a five-carbon sugar again, restarting the cycle.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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Logging later resumed under an archaic mandate and approval processes that a past Cal Fire director and others say still violates key laws such as CEQA and works at cross purposes to the missions of other agencies.—
John P. O’Brien,
Mercury News,
13 Sep. 2025
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By the end of the trial in September 2023, Paxton was acquitted and resumed his duties as attorney general.—
Kimberly Ross,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Reopen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reopen. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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