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
Norma Chavez-Peterson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, Annunciation resumed preschool this week, with students and their parents returning to the school on West 54th Street at Lyndale Avenue South, according to principal Matthew DeBoer.
—Mary Murphy, Twin Cities, 12 Sep. 2025
Normal operations will resume between Denver Union Station and Civic Center Station.
—Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 12 Sep. 2025
Coaches should transform their LinkedIn profiles into client-attracting sales pages, not resumes.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
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By allowing immigration agents to resume racially discriminatory stops, the court has greenlit a campaign of terror that not only threatens immigrants across Los Angeles and surrounding counties but also sets a horrible precedent that will impact people nationwide.
—Norma Chavez-Peterson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, Annunciation resumed preschool this week, with students and their parents returning to the school on West 54th Street at Lyndale Avenue South, according to principal Matthew DeBoer.
—Mary Murphy, Twin Cities, 12 Sep. 2025
Normal operations will resume between Denver Union Station and Civic Center Station.
—Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 12 Sep. 2025
Coaches should transform their LinkedIn profiles into client-attracting sales pages, not resumes.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for resume
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Smith replied that private schools must submit renewal packets every year before they are approved to continue participation in the accounts program, and that the agency compares the new tuition rates against the older rates.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
12 Sep. 2025
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Patients who tested positive for Covid-19 continued rapid antigen testing each day until the result was negative, so researchers could see how long the infection lasted.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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That's the general summary of the argument insider Robert Murray of FanSided made on Monday, when suggesting that the slugger could ditch Philadelphia for one of his former clubs.—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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Both products can also provide summaries of text conversations in threads and channels.—
John Brandon,
PC Magazine,
9 Sep. 2025
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The first-person shooter was originally announced back in 2017 before being scrapped and restarted entirely in 2020.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
12 Sep. 2025
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Some of those molecules get fed into the cell's metabolism, while others get built up into a five-carbon sugar again, restarting the cycle.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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This is the online edition of The Wiretap newsletter, your weekly digest of cybersecurity, internet privacy and surveillance news.—
Thomas Brewster,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Breathwork Detox builds on this simplicity by guiding teams through rhythmic breathing patterns designed to trigger the parasympathetic nervous system, often called the body's rest-and-digest mode.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
29 Aug. 2025
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But the lopsided loss to Miami threw the entire Group of Five playoff race into flux, reopening the door for a crowded field of contenders looking to seize that lone golden ticket to the postseason.—
Giovanni Malloy,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Lines of communication appeared to reopen when Prince Harry's new aides and one of the King's key staffers met for the first time in July.—
Becca Longmire,
PEOPLE,
15 Sep. 2025
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And if a player is Premier League-proven, there is also less hesitation to pay big sums of money to other domestic clubs.—
Pol Ballús,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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Love Is Everything, Latest Greatest Straitest Hits, and One Step at a Time kept him from increasing his sum of leaders from five to eight by just one space.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Resume.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resume. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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