as in to resume
to begin again or return to after an interruption
after being shut down for three years, the power plant will restart operations this week
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Recent Examples of restart
Safar and his team administered CPR and restarted Lawrence’s heart, but the governor remained unresponsive.
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Lillian Ali, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 May 2025
The full rail schedule is expected to restart on Tuesday.
—Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed restarting direct peace talks Thursday with Ukraine in the Turkish city that straddles Asia and Europe.
—Dasha Litvinova, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
The university restarted its football team in 2017.
—Kate Marijolovic, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 May 2025
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Lillian Ali, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 May 2025
The full rail schedule is expected to restart on Tuesday.
—Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed restarting direct peace talks Thursday with Ukraine in the Turkish city that straddles Asia and Europe.
—Dasha Litvinova, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
The university restarted its football team in 2017.
—Kate Marijolovic, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for restart
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The plane then resumed its journey and traveled the remaining four hours to Los Angeles without incident.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
28 May 2025
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The task is to collect various candidates and resumes, sort through them, and figure out which one is best.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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Voice of America was founded during WWII to counter Axis propaganda and continued to bring cultural and political democracy to countries under authoritarian rule.—
Mary McNamara,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2025
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King continued to dominate, finishing his freshman season at Florida with a monstrous 73 1/3 innings with 79 strikeouts and a 2.58 ERA.—
Jackson Castellano,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 June 2025
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Already a Detroit destination ahead of the first anniversary of its reopening party on June 6, the station has become a hotspot for weddings, other events and visits by more than 300,000 people.—
Detroit News,
Chicago Tribune,
2 June 2025
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Several former Big Lots storefronts that are not reopening have found a new life.—
Addy Bink,
The Hill,
1 June 2025
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“Restart.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/restart. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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