reopened

verb

past tense of reopen
as in resumed
to begin again or return to after an interruption court will reopen after a brief recess

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Recent Examples of reopened The Great Highway was fully closed to vehicles during stay-at-home orders issued at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, before the road reopened to traffic during weekdays. — Tim Fang, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026 Mayor Todd Gloria and two City Council members announced the move Wednesday morning, just as Councilmember Raul Campillo was preparing to widen his vocal campaign to get the restrooms reopened. — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026 The restaurant closed for about fourth months before Kuk reopened it. — Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2026 All lanes of Beach Boulevard have been reopened, police said. — Sydney Barragan, Oc Register, 12 Aug. 2026 The firm noted that major bridges like the Donghai Bridge and the Hangzhou Bay Bridge, as well as regional expressways, have reopened with standard speed limits restored. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 11 Aug. 2026 Months later, with the support of many customers and community members — and at the urging of Adnan’s grandfather — the store has reopened and is going strong in a new location on 8th Street in the BoDo district. — Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 11 Aug. 2026 The city did not respond to the Herald’s questions before the initial story was published about why Bucky Dent had reopened without valid state permits or why the state inspectors found so many violations in a single park. — Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 11 Aug. 2026 After taking the helm in 2020, Piovezahn reopened the cooking school and the property. — Emily M. Olson, Hartford Courant, 5 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reopened
  1. resumed
  2. restarted
  3. continued
Verb
  • Upon her return to Canada, Moore acted in plays and resumed her screen career in the 1971 Canadian film drama Rip-Off.
    — Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Prutian and the others knew that, in early 2024, prisoner swaps between Russia and Ukraine had resumed after a months-long pause.
    — Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of resumed
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  • He was rushed to Luton and Dunstable Hospital, where doctors restarted his heart before transferring him to the Royal Brompton Hospital in London for specialist care.
    — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Emirates Global Aluminum has restarted its plant but is not expected to return to full capacity until the end of the year.
    — Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of restarted
Verb
  • His velocity has continued to sink lower than his average speed in past seasons.
    — Johnny Flores Jr, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2026
  • More than 1,100 homes were destroyed and at least 8,300 were damaged as rescue workers and volunteers continued searching for survivors, CBS News reported.
    — Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of continued

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