as in to revive
to bring back to life, practice, or activity
the new multiplex has begun to reanimate the shabby neighborhood
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Recent Examples of reanimate
The scientists and guards just stand there a few feet away waiting for the super zombies to reanimate.
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Erik Kain, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
There, those who live along the border, which is reinforced by not one but three walls, are pushed, after a food crisis, to reanimate and eat extinct species—a process later appropriated by the superrich, for more voyeuristic amusements.
—David L. Ulin, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2025
They’re reanimated, pale, putrid corpses that are also seductive.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 14 Jan. 2025
The main character was a fabrication, but her family consisted of my friends, reanimated on the page.
—Gayle Forman, People.com, 25 Dec. 2024
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Erik Kain, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
There, those who live along the border, which is reinforced by not one but three walls, are pushed, after a food crisis, to reanimate and eat extinct species—a process later appropriated by the superrich, for more voyeuristic amusements.
—David L. Ulin, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2025
They’re reanimated, pale, putrid corpses that are also seductive.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 14 Jan. 2025
The main character was a fabrication, but her family consisted of my friends, reanimated on the page.
—Gayle Forman, People.com, 25 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reanimate
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The move is part of a broader push to revive domestic manufacturing and address what Trump sees as unfair trade practices.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
28 Mar. 2025
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Long before Ford finally revived the Bronco and put it on the road in 2021, Wraith and his team created a metallic silver Bronco concept in 2004 with some nods to the original, including the word Bronco on the front grille.—
Jamie L. LaReau,
USA Today,
28 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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Trump has renewed his pressure on the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates to help ease the pain of tariffs as more Americans become worried again about their financial situation.—
Kevin Williams,
CNBC,
22 Mar. 2025
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The Rick Pitino-John Calipari rivalry is renewed with the Johnnies and Razorbacks’ second-round meeting.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
The Athletic,
22 Mar. 2025
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“Reanimate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reanimate. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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