as in reviving
to bring back to life, practice, or activity
attempts are being made to resurrect the stalled arms negotiations
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Recent Examples of resurrecting
Houston did not rule out the possibility of resurrecting the ballot measure.
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Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
24 June 2026
Clive Davis, the Grammy-winning music mogul who founded Arista Records, discovered and mentored Whitney Houston, had a storied ear for a hit and specialized in resurrecting the careers of artists many considered past their peak, died Monday at his New York City home, his family announced.
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Erik Pedersen,
Deadline,
22 June 2026
Since then, the editing capability of CRISPR has been tested on everything from developing disease treatments to engineering drought-resistant crops to resurrecting genes of extinct species.
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Quanta Magazine,
11 June 2026
In early May, Johnson visited Springfield and, seemingly out of nowhere, raised the prospect of resurrecting the lakefront stadium plan and saying Chicago’s 2024 plan never got a fair hearing in the state capitol.
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Robert McCoppin,
Chicago Tribune,
5 June 2026
Rather, the facts ground the fiction, the fiction enlivens the facts, and both work together to suggest that the pursuit of resurrecting the past and the pursuit of telling a good story can, in some cases, be one and the same.
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Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
This, of course, not being the 50-year ban that actually set women’s football back years, but Everton Women carrying on-loan Manchester United full-back Hannah Blundell out in a suitcase-cum-coffin before their World Sevens semi-final against United on Saturday and resurrecting her.
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Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
1 June 2026
The city is also considering resurrecting the plans for the original desalination plant or identifying locations for additional plants, though questions remain about how much these facilities would cost.
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Michelle Hummel,
Fortune,
25 May 2026
The city is also considering resurrecting the plans for the original desalination plant or identifying locations for additional plants, though questions remain about how much these facilities would cost.
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Michelle Hummel,
The Conversation,
22 May 2026
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
24 June 2026
Clive Davis, the Grammy-winning music mogul who founded Arista Records, discovered and mentored Whitney Houston, had a storied ear for a hit and specialized in resurrecting the careers of artists many considered past their peak, died Monday at his New York City home, his family announced.
—
Erik Pedersen,
Deadline,
22 June 2026
Since then, the editing capability of CRISPR has been tested on everything from developing disease treatments to engineering drought-resistant crops to resurrecting genes of extinct species.
—
Quanta Magazine,
11 June 2026
In early May, Johnson visited Springfield and, seemingly out of nowhere, raised the prospect of resurrecting the lakefront stadium plan and saying Chicago’s 2024 plan never got a fair hearing in the state capitol.
—
Robert McCoppin,
Chicago Tribune,
5 June 2026
Rather, the facts ground the fiction, the fiction enlivens the facts, and both work together to suggest that the pursuit of resurrecting the past and the pursuit of telling a good story can, in some cases, be one and the same.
—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
This, of course, not being the 50-year ban that actually set women’s football back years, but Everton Women carrying on-loan Manchester United full-back Hannah Blundell out in a suitcase-cum-coffin before their World Sevens semi-final against United on Saturday and resurrecting her.
—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
1 June 2026
The city is also considering resurrecting the plans for the original desalination plant or identifying locations for additional plants, though questions remain about how much these facilities would cost.
—
Michelle Hummel,
Fortune,
25 May 2026
The city is also considering resurrecting the plans for the original desalination plant or identifying locations for additional plants, though questions remain about how much these facilities would cost.
—
Michelle Hummel,
The Conversation,
22 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for resurrecting
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And the coupon hunt is reviving the nostalgia of print coupons as old-school bargain-hunting culture has made its way to the internet.
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The clip became fresh ammunition for critics of MMA's weight-cut culture, reviving calls for tighter fight-week monitoring, rehydration limits, or additional weight classes.
Verb
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There was an email about Nuno staying, then constant emails about renewing.
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Anthony Quezada, 35th, said he was blocked from renewing a lease just a few years ago after holding his landlord accountable for not addressing issues.
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