restrengthen

verb

Definition of restrengthennext
as in to reinforce

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Recent Examples of restrengthen Storms could restrengthen in the afternoon, with heavy downpours remaining possible. — Kansas City Star, 11 Aug. 2025 Still, Fred could restrengthen and deliver tropical storm conditions to the Florida Keys as early as this weekend and more of the Southeast early next week, the NHC says. — Judson Jones, CNN, 12 Aug. 2021 Moving across the northwestern Caribbean on Friday, Eta was expected to restrengthen to a tropical storm. — NBC News, 6 Nov. 2020 After impacting the Yucatán, the storm is expected to restrengthen over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico before turning north toward the northern Gulf Coast. — John Muyskens, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2020 However, forecasters added on Wednesday afternoon that Paulette could restrengthen some next week. — Leigh Morgan, al, 9 Sep. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for restrengthen
  1. reinforce
  2. enforce
  3. augment
  4. supplement
  5. maximize
  6. sharpen
  7. emphasize
Verb
  • Football introduces more students and families to the university and reinforces that a local, affordable higher education option with Division I athletics exists right on the South Side.
    — Monique Carroll, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Over the years, Vizard has watched visitors come to the farm to admire the birds, reinforcing her belief that the farm should continue to be used as an open space.
    — Tran Chau, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of reinforce
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  • Open weights run locally with no vendor-side control surface, so no vendor can enforce a prohibition for you.
    — Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Chinese courts have also widened their reach over cross-border disputes, particularly in global patent litigation, by ordering parties not to pursue or enforce competing proceedings abroad.
    — Mark Jia, Foreign Affairs, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of enforce
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  • Meanwhile, Ukrainian officials say Russia is augmenting its arsenal with North Korean ballistic missiles, further raising the threat.
    — Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
  • In September 2022 these were augmented with a steadily rising drumbeat of Shahed drones, first tens, then hundreds, now thousands.
    — David Hambling, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of augment
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  • Min Son Yong, deputy director of the internal medicine department at Pyongyang General Hospital, told North Korea’s main Rodong Sinmun newspaper on Sunday that people should eat dog meat and fish porridge to supplement protein to beat the heat.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Proctor said the Housing Trust Fund is used as gap financing to supplement projects rather than cover total costs of redevelopment.
    — Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of supplement
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  • The first Guardians made Marvel Studios feel okay with getting weird, but a more confident sequel was required to maximize the concept’s strange potential.
    — EW Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Countries including Kenya, Angola and Senegal have cultivated partnerships with China, Europe, Japan and the United States, seeking to maximize technology transfer while avoiding dependence on any one power.
    — Yinka Adegoke, semafor.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of maximize
Verb
  • That extra size collects far more light, sharpens detail (especially on planets) and gives brighter views of fainter deep sky objects.
    — Damian Peach, Space.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The perfume opens with the tartness of fig sharpened by a sprinkle of black pepper.
    — Jenny Berg, Vogue, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of sharpen
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  • And Ford’s Bergg took pains to emphasize that its low price wasn’t coming from where customers would notice.
    — Michael Ballaban, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
  • After the hearing, a relative emphasized that the woman asked to leave was grieving.
    — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of emphasize

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