restarted

past tense of restart

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of restarted Five years later, Microsoft signed a 20-year agreement to buy its power, and the plant is being restarted as the Crane Clean Energy Center. — Jake Rozmaryn, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2026 Before injection restarted, three oil division officials chosen by Strickland conducted a walkthrough of the Bayou with Halff and Citation, according to an email from Strickland. — Nick Bowlin, ProPublica, 27 Oct. 2026 Forty-three percent of baby boomers and 43 percent of Gen X respondents who had taken a GLP-1 had never stopped and restarted treatment, compared with 27 percent of millennial and 14 percent of Gen Z respondents. — Elise M. Brett, EverydayHealth.com, 27 Oct. 2026 That could be the use of a duress password, one too many failed unlock attempts, or simply every time the device is restarted. — New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2026 Stopping testosterone abruptly without PCT leaves the body in a temporary state of hypogonadism, meaning external testosterone is gone but natural production hasn’t restarted yet. — Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Oct. 2026 Palisades is expected to be the first nuclear plant in the world to resume generating power after beginning the decommissioning process, but other countries have restarted or refurbished reactors after long-term shutdowns, the association said. — Jennifer McDermott, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026 While the scheme was restarted in December, the former government also put a cap on the value of productions for the first half of 2026, adding to the uncertainty as producers tend to plan budgets a year ahead or more. — Lucy Handley, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026 Lethal injection became the norm when executions restarted in 1977; Ronald Reagan compared it to putting an animal to sleep. — M. Sara Rosenthal, STAT, 13 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for restarted
Verb
  • Nearly 1,000 people were arrested Saturday as nationwide protests resumed, France's Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez told reporters.
    — James Cirrone , Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Training resumed on October 1, after the company completed further assessments.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Lockheed Martin has continued research and development alongside its preparations for manufacturing.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Since Rock Candy came out in February, Mackeeper have continued to churn out sticky songs, and had one of them appear in The Drama.
    — Samuel Hyland, Pitchfork, 28 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • China has tacitly accepted North Korea’s nuclear status, reopened its border with Pyongyang and continued to serve as its economic lifeline.
    — Dan Blumenthal, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
  • The New York Times reported in August that the Biden administration reopened the station in late 2024.
    — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2026

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“Restarted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/restarted. Accessed 2 Nov. 2026.

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