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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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The wax and sealant not only restores your chrome wheels’ glossy shine but also protects them by actively repelling brake dust, road salt and other debris.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
16 June 2026
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The Final Cut doesn't include Ford's voiceover narration, restores an impactful dream sequence involving a unicorn, and maintains the director's original ambiguous ending.—
Britt Hayes,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 June 2026
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But the possibility of a Fujimori presidency also revives old fears.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
16 June 2026
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For watch collectors, the more pointed reference is Flamboyant Links, which revives the sautoir watch Piaget first showed in 1969 as part of its 21st Century Collection.—
Taylor Stoddard,
Robb Report,
16 June 2026
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Your 4th House of Home and Family refreshes as the New Moon encourages gentle improvements that protect comfort and support your sensitive system.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
14 June 2026
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Baptism fits right into that philosophy as a gentle, fragrance-free cleanser that refreshes skin without disrupting the barrier.—
Kieaundria Bellamy,
InStyle,
29 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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So while the race to produce generative video models of higher fidelity will continue, the real arms race that will matter next is which of these tools that leverage all available models is easiest to use and best recreates the feelings of actually making movies.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
11 June 2026
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Gage’s version recreates the speech in a Southern dialect, which Truth almost certainly never used.—
Tracy Grant,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
26 May 2026
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If a traveler renews that passport, replaces it, or travels on a different one, the authorization may no longer match the document being checked.—
Emese Maczko,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
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This unlimited membership automatically renews.—
Kathy Kristof,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 June 2026
Verb
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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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