restarting

verb

present participle of restart
as in resuming
to begin again or return to after an interruption after being shut down for three years, the power plant will restart operations this week

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Recent Examples of restarting When the foliage declines the bulbs, actually tubers, rest before restarting growth the following spring. — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2026 If the former occurs, X doesn’t really offer solutions, only suggestions that users try basic fixes, like restarting or updating, switching to another device, or toggling between Wi-Fi or cellular data. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 29 July 2026 Executives told investors during a May earnings call that completing the projects and restarting operations would require up to $260 million, raised through new borrowing, according to a transcript reviewed by Semafor. — Ruben Nyanguila, semafor.com, 29 July 2026 Trust carries across the experience instead of restarting with every new touchpoint. — Scott Hambuchen, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026 It was meant to signal that MLS was restarting after its World Cup break, and also that the league was ready to accept any new fans of the game. — Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 21 July 2026 Once an investigation is completed, the tariff rates can also be adjusted without restarting the entire process, Melissa Irmen, the director of advocacy for the National Association of Foreign-Trade Zones, told Fortune. — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 17 July 2026 After the intense storms, Gigi Perez was in charge of restarting the show on the Main Stage. — Rolling Stone, 5 July 2026 At this price, a 5-year plan beats paying for lessons or restarting with a new app every few months. — Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 4 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for restarting
  1. resuming
  2. continuing
  3. reopening
Verb
  • Trump had wanted to avoid resuming hostilities after signing a cease-fire agreement last month at Versailles, of all places.
    — Jonathan Lemire, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026
  • Odds of ship traffic resuming normally this year stand at 38%, while odds are only somewhat better, at 48%, that regular shipments will be reached before April 2027.
    — Ananya Chetia, CNBC, 24 July 2026
Definition of resuming
Verb
  • Venture capital and investors more generally are eager to spend heavily in the latest technologies, especially with the AI race continuing to heat up.
    — Forbes.com, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • His catalog has aged remarkably well, continuing to find new listeners while remaining deeply meaningful to longtime fans.
    — Jamie Graziano, Charlotte Observer, 31 July 2026
Definition of continuing
Verb
  • Now, Kohberger says he was coerced into a confession, reopening a wound from which Alivea and the rest of the victims’ families had tried to heal.
    — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 30 July 2026
  • Much of the diplomacy around ending the war has focused on reopening the strait, through which 20% of oil and natural gas shipments passed in peacetime.
    — Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026
Definition of reopening

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