reopening

present participle of reopen

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of reopening The Masts dispute the family's kinship and argue that reopening the adoption now would be a significant disruption for the girl, who is now 7 and has been living with their family for years. — Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026 Without that funding, our worst-case scenario is closing very early in the morning and reopening in the evening, forcing those guests to find somewhere else to spend the day. — Chris Ham, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2026 The hotel previously shut down in 2005 for a renovation that converted many of its original guest rooms into private residences before reopening in 2008. — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026 Michigan officials, not wanting to lose nuclear jobs or energy, encouraged Holtec to pursue reopening the plant and provided state funding. — Jennifer McDermott, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026 After being closed for more than a year, Havana Harry’s is reopening in Coral Gables. — Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026 According to Textile Exchange, volume commitments from 11 brand partners helped establish demand to support reopening its Ortviken plant. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026 Matthew Miller, a theme park safety expert, said the closures are about taking a pause to see what comes out of the investigative report, and then reopening as soon as possible. — Sarah Lynch Baldwin, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026 The backstory Formerly the Embassy Hotel Suites Napa Valley, the property underwent a massive $80 million renovation and redevelopment before reopening in April 2026. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reopening
Verb
  • Abrosimov said resuming serial production would strengthen Russia’s technological independence and support the long-term development of its Long-Range Aviation fleet and the airborne component of the country’s nuclear triad.
    — Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2026
  • By Thursday, the situation changed once more, with Ukraine’s strikes on Russian refineries resuming as Starlink and Starshield services had been restored to full capacity, as an unnamed Ukrainian official told Axios.
    — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 15 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Kyiv views security guarantees as essential to prevent Russia from restarting the war in the future.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
  • These checkpoints allow a calculation to resume after an interruption instead of restarting from scratch.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The women’s basketball team recently faced off against the Atlanta Dream in game three of the WNBA Finals, continuing a whirlwind season for the league’s most valuable franchise.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
  • There is little benefit in continuing to pay for an old version of your life.
    — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 23 Oct. 2026

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“Reopening.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reopening. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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