as in resumes
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 restarts
Instead, Rue restarts her Bible audiobook from the beginning and considers her pill bottle.
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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
The game restarts at $150,000 after each win.
—Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2026
The pair stops and restarts the sing-along a couple of times as Davila keeps trying to redirect her husband back to the plan.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 15 Jan. 2026
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
The game restarts at $150,000 after each win.
—Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2026
The pair stops and restarts the sing-along a couple of times as Davila keeps trying to redirect her husband back to the plan.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 15 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for restarts
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So far, Arens has been surprised by how quickly native vegetation resumes life as the water recedes, in some places as soon as two or three years.—
Elise Schmelzer,
Denver Post,
7 June 2026
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Looking weeks or months into the future, however, analysts cautioned about a rise in oil and gasoline prices unless normal traffic resumes in the Strait of Hormuz.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
4 June 2026
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Mesa Verde continues to hold great cultural significance for the 27 pueblos and tribes whose ancestors once called the canyons, farms, cliffside and mesa dwellings home or who have other ties to the area.—
Alia Beard Rau,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
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Quarterback Patrick Mahomes continues to work back from a knee injury while Justin Fields takes first-team reps and Xavier Worthy emerges as a standout.—
Pete Sweeney,
Kansas City Star,
10 June 2026
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Years later, former FBI agent Thomas Scott reopens the case, unraveling a haunting story of ambition, obsession, and the cost of keeping the cameras rolling.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 June 2026
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Whenever the strait reopens, the equipment that depended on oil largely won’t have changed and will need to be fueled again – with fossil fuels.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
3 June 2026
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“Restarts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/restarts. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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