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
Meanwhile, Microsoft was inking an agreement with Constellation Energy to restart a shuttered nuclear reactor on Three Mile Island—the site of the worst nuclear disaster in U.S. history.
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IEEE Spectrum, 10 Dec. 2024
Trump has also talked about a host of other immigration actions, including ending birthright citizenship and restarting construction of the border wall.
—Miami Herald Editorial Board, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Dec. 2024
Constellation unveiled a landmark deal to restart the Three Mile Island nuclear plant in Pennsylvania in a deal with Microsoft in September.
—Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 23 Dec. 2024
United are paying the price for restarting their women’s team as late as 2018.
—Charlotte Harpur, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
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IEEE Spectrum, 10 Dec. 2024
Trump has also talked about a host of other immigration actions, including ending birthright citizenship and restarting construction of the border wall.
—Miami Herald Editorial Board, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Dec. 2024
Constellation unveiled a landmark deal to restart the Three Mile Island nuclear plant in Pennsylvania in a deal with Microsoft in September.
—Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 23 Dec. 2024
United are paying the price for restarting their women’s team as late as 2018.
—Charlotte Harpur, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
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Negotiations to free the hostages resumed, and Carter desperately tried to win their release before the November election.Scott Kraft, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2024
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Dobbins will resume his breakout season in his first year as a Charger.David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
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Notably the re-election of President Trump also added an additional leg up to the crypto sector that looks set to continue propelling prices and the sector higher.Sean Stein Smith, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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Many Koreans experience an internal division amid the continuing conflict between the South and the North.Cressida Leyshon, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024
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City leaders and advocates for the Louisville Free Public Library announced that the Library Foundation has raised $8 million in private donations throughout its ongoing campaign to renovate and reopen multiple libraries during a news conference Friday.Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 22 Dec. 2024
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The four southbound lanes will not reopen until March, according to officials.Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 22 Dec. 2024
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“Restart.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/restart. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.
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