as in to revive
to bring back to life, practice, or activity
attempts are being made to resurrect the stalled arms negotiations
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From the world of Japanese whisky, there is a bottle of Karuizawa 29 Years Old Aika Geisha Bourbon Cask, a stunning expression from this ghost distillery that was recently resurrected, as well as bottles of Yamazaki aged for 18 years in a mizunara cask and the 1984 25th Anniversary edition.
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Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 10 June 2025
Most companies don’t like to promote their failures, and canceling Police Squad was undeniably a dumb move, so ABC/Disney is unlikely to want to resurrect the kind of sound bites like in the article linked above.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 13 June 2025
Which might suggest zombie action à la The Last of Us, except these resurrected have no evident interest in eating anyone’s brains, just in returning to their old lives.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2025
President Donald Trump is resurrecting the travel ban policy from his first term, signing a proclamation late Wednesday preventing people from a dozen countries from entering the United States.
—Arkansas Online, 5 June 2025
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Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 10 June 2025
Most companies don’t like to promote their failures, and canceling Police Squad was undeniably a dumb move, so ABC/Disney is unlikely to want to resurrect the kind of sound bites like in the article linked above.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 13 June 2025
Which might suggest zombie action à la The Last of Us, except these resurrected have no evident interest in eating anyone’s brains, just in returning to their old lives.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2025
President Donald Trump is resurrecting the travel ban policy from his first term, signing a proclamation late Wednesday preventing people from a dozen countries from entering the United States.
—Arkansas Online, 5 June 2025
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Starbucks is bulking up staffing as Niccol pushes to revive sales in part by speeding up service.—
Glen Luke Flanagan,
Fortune,
30 June 2025
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Other small towns and villages across Italy have offered houses for as little as €1 to revive shrinking communities.—
Laura Begley Bloom,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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As a result, some VMware users have opted to keep using VMware perpetual licenses, even though Broadcom refuses to renew most of those clients’ support services.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
26 June 2025
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Mamdani said his campaign renewed faith in democracy.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
26 June 2025
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“Resurrect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resurrect. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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