restoring

verb

present participle of restore
1
as in reviving
to bring back to a former condition or vigor restore an old car

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2
as in returning
to bring, send, or put back to a former or proper place restored the trophy to its proper place at the center of the shelf

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Recent Examples of restoring The utility’s outage listings Friday afternoon showed crews patrolling electrical lines in many affected communities, a step toward restoring power once conditions were considered safe. — Sacbee.com, 16 Oct. 2026 Kast and Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz plan to discuss trade and border security and sign mining and energy agreements, but restoring full diplomatic relations is not on the agenda. — Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026 Joel has been collecting and restoring vintage bikes for decades. — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2026 Blue Origin has been aggressively restoring the launchpad with a goal of returning New Glenn to flight by the end of 2026. — Annie Palmer, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026 Those answers could go a long way toward restoring customer confidence. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026 Elections and institutions Rubio said Venezuela had endured 20 to 25 years of profound trauma affecting every level of society and argued that restoring democracy would require more than organizing a presidential election. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026 If the model proves successful, Beximco plans to reopen the other 15 closed units in phases, potentially restoring jobs for more than 30,000 workers laid off when the factories closed, officials estimate. — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026 Greece On Screen plan that supports production and distribution while also putting money into preserving, digitizing and restoring the country’s film heritage. — Lise Pedersen, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for restoring
  1. reviving
  2. returning
  3. recreating
  4. replacing
  5. renewing
  6. refreshing
  7. renovating
  8. repairing
Verb
  • Westlock Village emerged from development purgatory to apply for building permits in late September, reviving a 4-year-old plan to bring 256 homes to the corner of State Street and Ulmer Lane in West Boise.
    — Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Normalizing an extreme idea But the idea of reviving public executions has, in fact, been openly discussed in more mainstream right-wing circles, beyond the CREC.
    — Odette Yousef, NPR, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of reviving
Verb
  • According to Hiatt, both pilots include returning champions competing against challengers and a progressive jackpot.
    — Emiliano de Pablos, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
  • There is much more to come in this two-hour-plus adaptation including a battle royale that will see Prue returning for a massive fight to the finish, still hoping to navigate a happy ending.
    — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of returning
Verb
  • One critical component of getting the time and place to feel right was recreating the ’70s, rather than leaning on a corny pastiche or tired visual clichés.
    — William Earl, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Yamaha was doing it in 1993 with the VL1, mathematically recreating the airflow, reeds, and resonances of saxophones and other acoustic instruments, while Line 6, among others, later applied the same broad idea to guitar amps.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of recreating
Verb
  • Because light travels faster through glass than electric signals through copper, it’s long been theorized that replacing traditional cables in data centers with fiber optics equipment could speed computing and slow power consumption.
    — Rob Pegoraro, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
  • This four-quarter program is replacing the School of Education’s existing six-quarter Master of Arts in education pathway.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of replacing
Verb
  • Change the power structure, activists say Grant said the Urban Summit is renewing its focus on KCFD because the problems documented years ago cannot be allowed to continue unchecked.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2026
  • If leaders do not know whether employees improve, renewing the program extends that uncertainty rather than resolving it.
    — Stephen Sokoler, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of renewing
Verb
  • Coca-Cola is refreshing its beverage lineup with a series of new fruit flavors.
    — Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 5 Oct. 2026
  • As advertising platforms make decisions in real time, organizations refreshing creative on quarterly schedules will spend more of their budget reacting to changes the platform has already made instead of keeping pace with them.
    — Matt Jayson, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of refreshing
Verb
  • Atrium is renovating an existing building with plans to bring critical services online in 2028 – 12 to 18 months sooner than would otherwise be possible.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The East Colfax Community Collective, operating through a mixed-income neighborhood trust, plans to rebrand the complex and spend $10 million to $12 million renovating the structures.
    — Thomas Gounley, Denver Post, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of renovating
Verb
  • There’s also the question of repairing equipment, which is much more difficult in space.
    — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026
  • This may include repairing or repositioning a sprinkler, changing the irrigation schedule, removing standing water, posting warning signs, or temporarily restricting access to an affected area.
    — Christyne D. Santisteban, Miami Herald, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of repairing

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“Restoring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/restoring. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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