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as in to restore
to bring back to a former condition or vigor
a new director hoping to revivify the region's oldest repertory company
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as in to revive
to bring back to life, practice, or activity
the new director hopes to revivify interest in the sports programs offered at the youth center
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Recent Examples of revivify
The oatmeal and aloe combination will work to detangle and revivify dull coats, leaving your furbaby looking his best.
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Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 17 Oct. 2022
What would invigorate and revivify you?
—Jodie Cook, Forbes, 30 June 2022
Emergencies remind us that people admire selflessness and enjoy demands on their generosity, and that the community as a whole is revivified by such demands.
—Marilynne Robinson, The New York Review of Books, 27 May 2020
Few films express as well as this one how an immigrant’s sadness at leaving one’s homeland is countered by the prospect of a revivifying renewal.
—Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 May 2020
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Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 17 Oct. 2022
What would invigorate and revivify you?
—Jodie Cook, Forbes, 30 June 2022
Emergencies remind us that people admire selflessness and enjoy demands on their generosity, and that the community as a whole is revivified by such demands.
—Marilynne Robinson, The New York Review of Books, 27 May 2020
Few films express as well as this one how an immigrant’s sadness at leaving one’s homeland is countered by the prospect of a revivifying renewal.
—Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 May 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for revivify
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But so is the ongoing shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security, which deserves to have its funding restored as soon as possible.—
Editorial Board,
Washington Post,
22 Mar. 2026
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Cuba started restoring power Sunday after the nation's energy grid collapsed a day prior, cutting electricity to millions of people.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
22 Mar. 2026
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Geopolitical tensions – including the war in Iran – have revived fears of terrorism and instability.—
Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
23 Mar. 2026
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The mine languished for a decade, until a new company, Molycorp, tried, unsuccessfully, to compete with China and revive the business.—
Jon Wertheim,
CBS News,
22 Mar. 2026
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Her blonde was refreshed by colorist and Highbrow Hippie co-founder Kadi Lee, then styled by Owen Gould.—
Kara Jillian Brown,
InStyle,
16 Mar. 2026
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Amid its major undertaking to refresh nearly two dozen restaurants and other concessions offerings, the Sacramento International Airport unveiled two new Starbucks locations, with a first-of-its-kind twist.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
16 Mar. 2026
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The New York City program resurrected by Pitino ended its 25-year NCAA Tournament victory drought last season.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 Mar. 2026
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The story follows a struggling Vietnamese comedian who recruits a troupe of improv actors to shoot a low-budget Thai horror film, hoping to resurrect his flagging career, only for genuine supernatural forces to descend on the production.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
18 Mar. 2026
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Continue reading … POLITICS POLICY PUSH — DHS official calls citizenship test 'too soft' as terror attacks renew vetting scrutiny.—
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FOXNews.com,
16 Mar. 2026
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Co-created by Craig Mazin and the game’s Neil Druckmann, the post-apocalyptic The Last of Us was renewed for a third season before Season 2 debuted last April.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Revivify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revivify. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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