1
as in to resurrect
to bring back to life, practice, or activity
an effort to revive the once-common custom of celebrating May 1 as a springtime festival of games and dances
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as in to restore
to bring back to a former condition or vigor
around mid-morning, I usually need to revive myself with a cup of strong coffee
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3
as in to recover
to gain consciousness again
the patient eventually revived and was able to give us her name and address
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Recent Examples of revive
But because Hollywood loves nothing more than putting a fresh coat of paint of the cult classics, Sony and Elizabeth Gabler’s 3000 Pictures are reviving the intra-apartment friction with Jenna Ortega and Taylor Russell in negotiations to star in a remake.
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Brent Lang, Variety, 14 Mar. 2025
Among the challenges facing the next coach will be reviving fan interest that migrated to the women’s team with the rise of superstar Caitlin Clark and has carried over to the first season without her.
—Eric Olson, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025
This week the Trump administration revived the CBP One app under another name and with a different purpose.
—Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 12 Mar. 2025
However, Trump said this weekend that the economic deal alone would not be enough to revive U.S. support for Ukraine’s military.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 11 Mar. 2025
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Brent Lang, Variety, 14 Mar. 2025
Among the challenges facing the next coach will be reviving fan interest that migrated to the women’s team with the rise of superstar Caitlin Clark and has carried over to the first season without her.
—Eric Olson, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025
This week the Trump administration revived the CBP One app under another name and with a different purpose.
—Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 12 Mar. 2025
However, Trump said this weekend that the economic deal alone would not be enough to revive U.S. support for Ukraine’s military.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 11 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for revive
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But attempts to resurrect the Leviathan finally came to fruition in the late 1990s.—
Danny Robb,
JSTOR Daily,
15 Mar. 2025
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An analog for the development of such an inland body of water occurred in early 2023 after rainwater from subsequent atmospheric rivers breached levees and berms to resurrect Tulare Lake (known as Pa’ashi to the Tachi Yokut Tribe).—
Priya Shukla,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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The movement also serves as a positional breathing exercise that leverages breathwork to restore alignment and alleviate compensatory tension.—
Dana Santas,
CNN,
12 Mar. 2025
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This is part of a larger initiative to restore a particular and nostalgic vision of American culture.—
Harvey Young,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Mar. 2025
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The big deal is that many farmers in the country are still recovering from a trade war with China in 2018 that left grain in the bins and sent prices tumbling.—
Kirk Siegler,
NPR,
14 Mar. 2025
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Eight of the firearms trafficked by his network were later recovered at crime scenes in the Dominican Republic, prosecutors said.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
14 Mar. 2025
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The previous waiver expired Saturday and the U.S. Department of State did not renew it, the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad said in a statement.—
arkansasonline.com,
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10 Mar. 2025
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The eight-episode second season of XO, Kitty premiered two weeks before The Recruit’s second installment and the series was renewed for Season 3 a month later after netting an impressive 27.1 million views in its first three weeks.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
9 Mar. 2025
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Odds and futures refresh periodically and are subject to change, including on props and live betting.—
Jay Ginsbach,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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Luckily, there are some great curators out there with their own physical and virtual shops that regularly refresh their collections with wedding-worthy pieces.—
Shelby Wax,
Vogue,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Revive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revive. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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