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as in restores
to bring back to a former condition or vigor
a new cream that claims to revitalize sun-damaged skin
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as in revives
to bring back to life, practice, or activity
the bowling alley, eager to revitalize interest in the sport for a younger crowd, started offering "disco bowling" every Friday night with disco music and free soda
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Recent Examples of revitalizes
The beginning of the year revitalizes you from the inside out, as Venus and Mars move through your sign, igniting a personal renaissance where your confidence, magnetism and sense of agency surge.
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Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 30 Jan. 2026
Honest conversations open doors as fiery Mars revitalizes your 3rd House of Communication, assisting you in saying what matters without losing your upbeat spirit.
—Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 23 Jan. 2026
This world-first 737-800NG combi not only revitalizes the airline’s operations but may inspire similar adaptations for other remote-market carriers, breathing new life into the versatile 737-800 platform.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 14 Jan. 2026
The spitfire Sun opposing auspicious Jupiter revitalizes your 3rd House of Information and your 9th House of Philosophy.
—Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 10 Jan. 2026
This is a crucial work of history that revitalizes conversations around workers’ rights and will continue to instill its wisdom and inspiration in new generations of laborers fighting for dignity.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Dec. 2025
Words + Music revitalizes the audio series launched by Audible in 2021.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 1 Dec. 2025
The story culminates in a duet that heals their fractured relationships and revitalizes the storied club.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 Nov. 2025
Far from cheapening or diluting Ibsen’s themes and conflicts, the action revitalizes them.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 30 Jan. 2026
Honest conversations open doors as fiery Mars revitalizes your 3rd House of Communication, assisting you in saying what matters without losing your upbeat spirit.
—Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 23 Jan. 2026
This world-first 737-800NG combi not only revitalizes the airline’s operations but may inspire similar adaptations for other remote-market carriers, breathing new life into the versatile 737-800 platform.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 14 Jan. 2026
The spitfire Sun opposing auspicious Jupiter revitalizes your 3rd House of Information and your 9th House of Philosophy.
—Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 10 Jan. 2026
This is a crucial work of history that revitalizes conversations around workers’ rights and will continue to instill its wisdom and inspiration in new generations of laborers fighting for dignity.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Dec. 2025
Words + Music revitalizes the audio series launched by Audible in 2021.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 1 Dec. 2025
The story culminates in a duet that heals their fractured relationships and revitalizes the storied club.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 Nov. 2025
Far from cheapening or diluting Ibsen’s themes and conflicts, the action revitalizes them.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for revitalizes
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Cristian Axle Sánchez Ruiz restores a relic at in a church in Tancitaro, which bills itself as Avocado Capital of the World.—
Kate Linthicum,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2026
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Together, the couple operates a studio focused on kintsugi, a centuries-old Japanese technique that restores broken ceramics using natural lacquer and metallic powders.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
14 May 2026
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The flotilla, involving nearly 500 activists from 45 countries, revives questions over enforcing blockades in international waters amid Gaza’s deepening humanitarian crisis and a fragile, frequently violated ceasefire.—
Suzan Fraser,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2026
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The project revives elements of Shurcliff’s plan that were lost over time.—
Stephanie Gallman Jordan,
Southern Living,
18 May 2026
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Add Compost Annually An annual application of compost in spring or fall refreshes the health and nutrient load of garden beds and improves soil structure over time.—
Lauren Landers,
The Spruce,
15 May 2026
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The South Carolina rapper refreshes a throwback beat with a really sticky hook.—
Mano Sundaresan,
Pitchfork,
11 May 2026
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Their ferocious poetry resurrects them, inviting other mad seekers to take up their story.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
1 May 2026
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The unrestricted grant resurrects the spirt of the AIDS Treatment Project, which Giorno started when the epidemic left so many artists in need beginning in the early ’80s.—
Andy Battaglia,
ARTnews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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The series recreates ordinary Soviet life from the period with painstaking detail and spares no one and nothing in its criticisms of what led to the disaster and how it was handled.—
David Faris,
TheWeek,
14 May 2026
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TikTok recreates this dynamic, but replaces network scheduling with algorithmic curation.—
Jessica Maddox,
The Conversation,
14 May 2026
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Continue reading … ‘ACTIVE AND ONGOING’ — Three months after Nancy Guthrie's abduction, sheriff's office renews plea as key questions remain unanswered.—
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FOXNews.com,
1 May 2026
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Mid-month, for instance, brings a fresh start, as the moon renews itself in Taurus on May 16.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
1 May 2026
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Brooke touches upon the topic with her partner on the show, HGTV's Scott McGillivray, while the pair renovates different spaces in a Las Vegas home as part of the competition.—
Natalia Senanayake,
PEOPLE,
15 Apr. 2026
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Nazuna For a smaller-scale option, check out Nazuna, which renovates traditional homes and runs them as small ryokan (traditional inns) or private villas.—
Jessica Kozuka,
Travel + Leisure,
3 Apr. 2026
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