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 Kyiv views security guarantees as essential to prevent Russia from restarting the war in the future. — 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 When the team was restarting the power plant, a power cable feeding the refrigerant pump also failed when an imperfection in the cable casing allowed seawater to seep in and short two of the electrical conductors. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 19 Oct. 2026 Others are considering or in the process of restarting reactors. — Jennifer McDermott, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026 Faris played the role of Christy, a single mother restarting her life in Napa following alcoholism and drug addiction struggles, on Mom for seven seasons from 2013 to 2020. — Shelby Stivale, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Oct. 2026 Written instructions for cleansing, sun avoidance, sunscreen use, exercise, swimming, and restarting active skin-care products. — Malana Vantyler, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026 Esteban Ocon compared it to restarting Windows on a computer. — Luke Smith, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026 The city government is also restarting the interagency Security Infrastructure Working Group, which Mamdani said was disbanded in 2024. — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 29 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for restarting
  1. resuming
  2. continuing
  3. 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
Definition of resuming
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  • 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
Definition of continuing
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  • 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, 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
Definition of reopening

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“Restarting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/restarting. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.

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