Examples of resurrect in a Sentence
The story is about a scientist who claimed that he could resurrect the dead.
He is trying to resurrect his acting career.
an old government program that is being resurrected
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Western Electric invented the 300B in 1938, and the company, resurrected in 1996, still manufactures the legendary tube today.
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Robert Ross, Robb Report, 26 Mar. 2025
In sci-fi, life tends to find a way, and some 200 years later, she's resurrected as a clone.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Memory researchers contend that memory recovery techniques might actually create false memories of things that never happened rather than resurrect existing memories of real experiences.
—Gabrielle Principe, The Conversation, 24 Mar. 2025
On Tuesday, a U.S. federal judge ruled that the dismantling of USAID probably violated the U.S. Constitution and blocked further cuts, but stopped short of reversing firings or fully resurrecting the agency.
—David Rising and Aniruddha Ghosal, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2025
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Robert Ross, Robb Report, 26 Mar. 2025
In sci-fi, life tends to find a way, and some 200 years later, she's resurrected as a clone.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Memory researchers contend that memory recovery techniques might actually create false memories of things that never happened rather than resurrect existing memories of real experiences.
—Gabrielle Principe, The Conversation, 24 Mar. 2025
On Tuesday, a U.S. federal judge ruled that the dismantling of USAID probably violated the U.S. Constitution and blocked further cuts, but stopped short of reversing firings or fully resurrecting the agency.
—David Rising and Aniruddha Ghosal, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2025
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“Resurrect.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/resurrect. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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resurrect
verb
res·ur·rect
ˌrez-ə-ˈrekt 
1
: to raise from the dead : bring back to life
2
: to bring to attention or into use again
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