RECOMMENCEMENT Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

recommencement

noun

Definition of recommencement

as in resumption

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Recent Examples of recommencement Should the technology trade conflict ease, the recommencement of direct sales could substitute some of this shadow demand, offering Nvidia a clearer and more scalable growth trajectory in China. — Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025 Following the recommencement of football after the pandemic, Real Madrid won the La Liga title with what many thought were helpful and controversial decisions granted by VAR in their favor. — Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023

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The resumption of Saudi exports could help ease tight supply of heavier grades that produce more residue fuel which ⁠can be used to refuel ships or processed further at refineries, to yield higher quality fuels such as gasoline and diesel.

— August 18, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
Stock falls despite resumption of buybacks Some investors on Wall Street may share Burry's concerns.

— Alex Crippen, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of resumption

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Training has been high-intensity and high-output, in a continuation of Howe’s methods, with double sessions in La Manga, where internal records were set for some of the physical markers players met.

— Chris Waugh, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
So the goal, in many ways, is a continuation, just mixed with some new quirks.

— Noah White, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026

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