revivifying

verb

present participle of revivify
1
as in restoring
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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2
as in reviving
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 Synonyms for revivifying
  1. restoring
  2. reviving
  3. refreshing
  4. resurrecting
  5. recreating
  6. renewing
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  • Elections and institutions Rubio said Venezuela had endured 20 to 25 years of profound trauma affecting every level of society and argued that restoring democracy would require more than organizing a presidential election.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026
  • If the model proves successful, Beximco plans to reopen the other 15 closed units in phases, potentially restoring jobs for more than 30,000 workers laid off when the factories closed, officials estimate.
    — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of restoring
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  • The latter returned attention to Burberry’s British identity, reworking the trench coat and check and reviving the Equestrian Knight Design.
    — Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Facing difficult midterm elections and voter concerns over living costs and the war with Iran, Republicans are reviving warnings about crime, disorder and immigration.
    — Matt Brown, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of reviving
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  • Coca-Cola is refreshing its beverage lineup with a series of new fruit flavors.
    — Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 5 Oct. 2026
  • As advertising platforms make decisions in real time, organizations refreshing creative on quarterly schedules will spend more of their budget reacting to changes the platform has already made instead of keeping pace with them.
    — Matt Jayson, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of refreshing
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  • Madonna has spent her career borrowing, referencing, resurrecting and reinventing, but never at the expense of distinctly looking and feeling like herself.
    — Sadie Kargman, Allure, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Smith was flat-out bad last season after playing good ball and resurrecting his career in Seattle.
    — Ted Nguyen, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of resurrecting
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  • Simulations recreating the earliest era of the solar system show that terrestrial planets, such as Earth, should form within the first few hundred million years.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 6 Oct. 2026
  • So the White House Historical Association set about recreating the Oval Office, opening the exhibit in September 2024.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of recreating
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  • Change the power structure, activists say Grant said the Urban Summit is renewing its focus on KCFD because the problems documented years ago cannot be allowed to continue unchecked.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2026
  • If leaders do not know whether employees improve, renewing the program extends that uncertainty rather than resolving it.
    — Stephen Sokoler, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of renewing
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“Revivifying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revivifying. Accessed 15 Oct. 2026.

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