restarts

present tense third-person singular of restart

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of restarts The real test will come if the district restarts the pilot and shows that the technology can support learning without putting student privacy at risk. Jesse Watson, FOXNews.com, 3 Aug. 2026 Marc restarts his revenue counter at zero every January and re-earns the year from scratch. Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026 Instead, Rue restarts her Bible audiobook from the beginning and considers her pill bottle. Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 1 June 2026 Eliminating them restarts the project clock. Ben Link, The Conversation, 8 May 2026 The loan, promised to Kyiv months ago, has been long delayed because Hungary’s outgoing Prime Minister Victor Orbán was blocking it, demanding Ukraine restarts the flow of Russian oil into Europe. Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2026 This shuts off the engine at stoplights or when idling, and restarts it once the accelerator is pressed. ABC News, 16 Mar. 2026 The new dates fall a week after the men’s World Cup final on July 19 and three weeks into the second half of the 2026 National Women’s Soccer League season, which restarts after a summer pause on July 3. Theo Lloyd-Hughes, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2026 Hungary vowed to block the latest round of EU sanctions against Moscow unless Ukraine restarts Russian oil flows to Hungary and Slovakia, escalating a dispute just before the war’s four-year anniversary. J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 22 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for restarts
Verb
  • What To Watch Watch whether OpenAI’s largest frontier training run resumes on the strength of new alignment evidence, or stays on hold well past the initial two weeks.
    Ashish Bhatia, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • After a day off for travel and rest, the series resumes at Target Field in Minneapolis on Saturday night.
    CBS News, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The investigation continues, and some facts could change as witnesses are interviewed and evidence is examined, Brown said.
    Phil Helsel, NBC news, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Police still have not provided information on a suspect or motive in the shooting as their investigation continues.
    Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Over the weekend, Tehran’s national security chief Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr issued a list of demands for the US to fulfill before Iran reopens the Strait of Hormuz.
    Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Rather than being relegated to the scrap yard, the structure was placed into storage and is scheduled to go on public display when the London Museum reopens in November.
    Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 10 Aug. 2026

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“Restarts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/restarts. Accessed 21 Aug. 2026.

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