as in continues
to begin again or return to after an interruption
we resumed the game as soon as the rain had passed
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variants
or resumes
also resumés
as in summaries
a short statement of the main points
a book on the assassination that is in effect a résumé of all of the evidence that points to a conspiracy
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Recent Examples of resumes
Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
Formula 1 resumes action this weekend following its annual summer break, with the penultimate Dutch Grand Prix taking place from August 29 to 31.
—Yara Elshebiny, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
The Border War resumes as Kansas comes to Columbia for the teams’ first game since 2011.
—Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2025
The tour resumes Tuesday night with a second show at the Budweiser Stage.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2025
Historically, when the Fed resumes an easing campaign after a pause of at least six months (December was the last cut), stocks have responded well over subsequent months, based on this study by Ned Davis Research.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 16 Aug. 2025
But those events seem to pass and life resumes.
—Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Baseball’s preeminent youth baseball tournament resumes Wednesday in central Pennsylvania.
—Amanda Vogt, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
Verb
West Virginia returns to action under the familiar leadership of Rich Rodriguez, who was rehired in December 2024 after a 17-year absence and resumes his tenure as head coach this season.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
Formula 1 resumes action this weekend following its annual summer break, with the penultimate Dutch Grand Prix taking place from August 29 to 31.
—Yara Elshebiny, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
The Border War resumes as Kansas comes to Columbia for the teams’ first game since 2011.
—Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2025
The tour resumes Tuesday night with a second show at the Budweiser Stage.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2025
Historically, when the Fed resumes an easing campaign after a pause of at least six months (December was the last cut), stocks have responded well over subsequent months, based on this study by Ned Davis Research.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 16 Aug. 2025
But those events seem to pass and life resumes.
—Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Baseball’s preeminent youth baseball tournament resumes Wednesday in central Pennsylvania.
—Amanda Vogt, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for resumes
Verb
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However, amid the confusion of new strains, changing vaccine guidelines and cuts to vaccine development funding, the CDC continues to track cases, hospitalizations and deaths on a weekly basis.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
9 Sep. 2025
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Now in season 5, the mystery continues with the suspicious death of Lester (Teddy Coluca), the Arconia’s doorman.—
Samantha Stutsman,
PEOPLE,
9 Sep. 2025
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The summaries below were drafted with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in our News division.—
Real-Time News team,
Miami Herald,
8 Sep. 2025
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These summaries read like a bad high school essay and insult your audience's intelligence.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The engine restarts as soon as the driver relieves pressure from the brake.—
Charles Singh,
USA Today,
8 Sep. 2025
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In my view the biggest potential for upside would happen if the Chinese market reopens for Nvidia.—
Peter Cohan,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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The investigation into Bolton seemingly reopens an earlier inquiry into the 2020 book that the Biden administration dropped.—
Asher Notheis,
The Washington Examiner,
24 Aug. 2025
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“Resumes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resumes. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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