reactivated

verb

past tense of reactivate
as in restarted

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reactivated
  1. restarted
  2. reinvented
  3. resurrected
  4. refreshed
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  • Tensions escalated this week after the deadline for Washington and Tehran to negotiate a peace deal formally expired on Monday, despite relations having nosedived — and fighting restarted — weeks prior.
    — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
  • As the distance tracker on the homer climbed, Lucarelli hurriedly retreated to the main menu and restarted the game.
    — Stephen J. Nesbitt, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of restarted
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  • Two years later, the duo reinvented themselves as fashion designers and launched The Row, a luxury fashion house that had the goal of creating the perfect T-shirt.
    — Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 15 Aug. 2026
  • This year's family Halloween costume ideas take inspiration from buzzy movies and TV shows, nostalgic characters, pop culture moments, and classic themes that can be reinvented for 2026.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of reinvented
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  • But it was thankfully resurrected, this time with Pedro Pascal in the lead and shot last year.
    — Alex Ritman, Variety, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The two soon stumble back into the cult that created the plague doctor — a cult in which people are killed and resurrected, taken apart and rebuilt.
    — S.M. Hallow, PEOPLE, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of resurrected
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  • The development targets are forecasts up to 24 hours out on a roughly 1 kilometer grid, refreshed every 10 minutes, and fed by radar, satellites, ground stations, and even mobile pressure sensors from phones and IoT devices.
    — Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Patients want to look like themselves, just a bit more harmonious, more refreshed, better aligned with their innermost sense of self.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of refreshed
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“Reactivated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reactivated. Accessed 25 Aug. 2026.

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