restarted

past tense of restart

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of restarted He was rushed to Luton and Dunstable Hospital, where doctors restarted his heart before transferring him to the Royal Brompton Hospital in London for specialist care. Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 8 Aug. 2026 Emirates Global Aluminum has restarted its plant but is not expected to return to full capacity until the end of the year. Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 7 Aug. 2026 But the mission in June 2025 was halted in advance of battle damage assessments and was not restarted after those assessments concluded that the program had set back the Iranian program by only a year or two. Kori Schake, Foreign Affairs, 6 Aug. 2026 Some countries suspended the Schengen zone, which allows for the internal free movement of goods and people across 29 European countries, and restarted border checks. Kelsey Norman, The Conversation, 5 Aug. 2026 Solvay then restarted work and has added other rare earths this year, including samarium. ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026 After returning home, Cheogyal restarted his life and education in his home county Drago (Luhuo in Chinese), located in the rolling grasslands and mountains of a Tibetan region of Sichuan, on the southeastern corner of the Tibet-Qinghai plateau. CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026 Workers isolated the affected system, restored a backup and restarted the plant in about 90 minutes, Mayor Nate George confirmed to CBS News. Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 31 July 2026 DuBose restarted the discovery process, and the remaining five claims in the lawsuit will move forward. Wheeler Cowperthwaite, The Providence Journal, 29 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for restarted
Verb
  • Upon her return to Canada, Moore acted in plays and resumed her screen career in the 1971 Canadian film drama Rip-Off.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Prutian and the others knew that, in early 2024, prisoner swaps between Russia and Ukraine had resumed after a months-long pause.
    Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Shares continued to fall 6% to 8% in after-hours trading anyway.
    Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026
  • More recent research suggests that Covid-19 vaccines have continued to show benefits, even as population immunity levels grow and the virus becomes less novel.
    Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Rainbow Bridge was temporarily closed while crews conducted the rescue but has since reopened.
    Richard Ramos, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The road to Summit Lake, where hikers usually hit the trail, was closed for construction all last summer and only recently reopened in May.
    Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 5 Aug. 2026

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“Restarted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/restarted. Accessed 11 Aug. 2026.

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