as in to continue
to begin again or return to after an interruption
we resumed the game as soon as the rain had passed
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or resume
also resumé
as in summary
a short statement of the main points
a book on the assassination that is in effect a résumé of all of the evidence that points to a conspiracy
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Recent Examples of resume
Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2025
This week, daily pauses in the fighting have calmed the neighborhood somewhat, but not enough for the church to resume aid programs: food hampers, a communal laundry, psychosocial support programs and clinics.
—Claire Porter Robbins, The Atlantic, 1 Aug. 2025
Alana Semuels, Time, 4 Aug. 2025
Because of his resume and production, NFL hype has followed.
—Dane Brugler, New York Times, 29 July 2025
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Verb
But as Rollins and Punk have remained at odds for the past two years, the stage is again set for Punk and Rollins to resume their epic rivalry, only this time with Raw’s biggest prize on the line.
—Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2025
This week, daily pauses in the fighting have calmed the neighborhood somewhat, but not enough for the church to resume aid programs: food hampers, a communal laundry, psychosocial support programs and clinics.
—Claire Porter Robbins, The Atlantic, 1 Aug. 2025
Noun
One 2024 study of resumes at Microsoft, SpaceX, and Apple found that return-to-office policies led to an exodus of senior employees, which posed a potential threat to competitiveness of the larger firm.
—Alana Semuels, Time, 4 Aug. 2025
Because of his resume and production, NFL hype has followed.
—Dane Brugler, New York Times, 29 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for resume
Verb
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For more than a dozen years, the Food and Drug Administration quietly allowed substandard foreign factories to continue shipping medications to the United States even after the agency officially banned them from doing so because of dangerous manufacturing failures.—
Debbie Cenziper,
ProPublica,
13 Aug. 2025
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In what states is marijuana legal near Indiana? Ohio (Recreational and medicinal use) Illinois (Recreational and medicinal use) Michigan (Recreational and medicinal use) Story continues after photo gallery.—
Katie Wiseman,
IndyStar,
13 Aug. 2025
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These models generate text, code, images and summaries.—
Naren Narendran,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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The summary points above were compiled with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in the Miami Herald newsroom.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
14 Aug. 2025
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Birth certificates, driver’s licenses and social security cards can take weeks to replace, and losing them can restart the process of getting someone supportive housing.—
Keely Doll,
The Courier-Journal,
15 Aug. 2025
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The deal with the Trump administration allows the companies to obtain export licenses to restart sales of those chips in China, a US official told CNN.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
12 Aug. 2025
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The Wiretap is your weekly digest of cybersecurity, internet privacy and surveillance news.—
Thomas Brewster,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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Now read the latest Pixel 10 Pro, Samsung Galaxy, and Android headlines in Forbes’ weekly smartphone news digest...—
Ewan Spence,
Forbes.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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The bar originally opened in 1999, closed in 2019 and then reopened last summer under new management.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
13 Aug. 2025
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There is a possibility that its bar could reopen sooner.—
Rachel Bernhard,
jsonline.com,
13 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Of Cristian’s starting sum, streaming activity contributes 5,000 units, equating 6.6 million official on-demand audio and video streams of its songs.—
Pamela Bustios,
Billboard,
14 Aug. 2025
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The mobile home owners, many of whom paid multiple times that maximum buyout figure for their trailers — which are cemented into the ground and not particularly mobile — argue those sums, and the time they were given to find alternative housing, were insufficient.—
Max Klaver,
Miami Herald,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Resume.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resume. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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