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Recent Examples of reactivate
The study also speculated potential future Alzheimer’s problems may arise from the COVID-19 pandemic as SARS-CoV-2 infections have been known to reactivate dormant VSV and HSV-1 infections.
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Rich Haridy, New Atlas, 25 Feb. 2025
The flight computer reactivated, reaction wheels began spinning, instruments began sensing and its radio antenna began broadcasting once more.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 13 Feb. 2025
Latent herpes infections often get reactivated; certain medications can become less effective; microgravity, the technical term for near-weightlessness, redistributes blood to veins in the head and neck that aren’t used to handling the flow, increasing the risk of clots.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
Technicians were reactivating dozens of 1950s-vintage BTR-50 tracked armored personnel carriers and driving them off the yard.
—David Axe, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
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Rich Haridy, New Atlas, 25 Feb. 2025
The flight computer reactivated, reaction wheels began spinning, instruments began sensing and its radio antenna began broadcasting once more.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 13 Feb. 2025
Latent herpes infections often get reactivated; certain medications can become less effective; microgravity, the technical term for near-weightlessness, redistributes blood to veins in the head and neck that aren’t used to handling the flow, increasing the risk of clots.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
Technicians were reactivating dozens of 1950s-vintage BTR-50 tracked armored personnel carriers and driving them off the yard.
—David Axe, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reactivate
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Somehow, the impact helped to restart his heart and the industrialist from the South Suburbs of Chicago was transported to the hospital.—
Bruce Martin,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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The latest escalation comes after Israel restarted military operations in Gaza earlier in the week, putting an end to a fragile truce in the Palestinian enclave that had largely held since January.—
Eugenia Yosef,
CNN,
22 Mar. 2025
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Contrast that with Netflix, which constantly reinvented itself—from DVD rentals to streaming and then to content creation.—
Michael Shribman,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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With each biennial congressional election, more MAGA diehards have joined the Senate while Reagan-Bush holdovers have left (or reinvented themselves as America First converts).—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2025
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Golf Odds To Win Houston Open Golf odds from BetOnline and leading online sportsbooks refresh periodically and are subject to change, including on futures, props and live betting.—
Jay Ginsbach,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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Over the course of a week, Britton and three coaches — DIY and home design specialist Angela Rose, parenting coach Destini Davis, and stylist Taryn Hicks— will help the mom create a better living space, while helping to refresh her wardrobe and give her parenting advice.—
Lynette Rice,
Deadline,
31 Mar. 2025
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Western Electric invented the 300B in 1938, and the company, resurrected in 1996, still manufactures the legendary tube today.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
26 Mar. 2025
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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
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“Reactivate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reactivate. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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