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
Verb
  • 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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  • Businesses naturally gravitate toward raising prices, cutting costs, and maximizing quarterly margins because those decisions produce immediate, measurable results.
    — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • O'Neill said the company had made adjustments to how the firm's refining runs are set up to maximize the availability of products consumers most need at any point in time, citing jet fuel and diesel as an example.
    — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of maximize
Verb
  • The real opportunity is to use AI to sharpen insight, improve timing and strengthen accountability.
    — Rabbi Yechezkel Moskowitz, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Mercury enters Leo and your 1st House of Self, sharpening your ideas, confidence, humor, and ability to make a memorable impression.
    — Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 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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“Restrengthen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/restrengthen. Accessed 11 Aug. 2026.

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