reactivation
noun
re·ac·ti·va·tion
(ˌ)rē-ˌak-tə-ˈvā-shən 
plural reactivations
: the act or process of making something active again or becoming active again : the act or process of reactivating or the condition of being reactivated
reactivation of a dormant virus
reactivation of several warships
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In 1965: The U.S. Navy scheduled reactivation of the USS Repose, the first hospital ship activated during the Vietnam War.
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The Arizona Republic, 15 June 2024
As designed, their plan will provide more green space for communities adjacent to Forest Park, and block reactivation of the Rockaway Beach Branch for residents of the Rockaways, a community disproportionately hurt by the work of Moses and the site of many public housing projects.
—Noelle Hunter, New York Daily News, 5 Apr. 2024
The cultivation of Japan’s security partnerships with Australia and India and the reactivation of the Quad—an informal group that includes those three countries and the United States—are designed to strengthen the alliance through defense and security cooperation with fellow democracies.
—Mireya Solís, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2020
Protesters agreed to remove all but one tent pitched on the suburban Chicago campus in exchange for the reactivation of an advisory committee on university investment that will include students, faculty, and staff.
—Jackie Valley, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 May 2024
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The Arizona Republic, 15 June 2024
As designed, their plan will provide more green space for communities adjacent to Forest Park, and block reactivation of the Rockaway Beach Branch for residents of the Rockaways, a community disproportionately hurt by the work of Moses and the site of many public housing projects.
—Noelle Hunter, New York Daily News, 5 Apr. 2024
The cultivation of Japan’s security partnerships with Australia and India and the reactivation of the Quad—an informal group that includes those three countries and the United States—are designed to strengthen the alliance through defense and security cooperation with fellow democracies.
—Mireya Solís, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2020
Protesters agreed to remove all but one tent pitched on the suburban Chicago campus in exchange for the reactivation of an advisory committee on university investment that will include students, faculty, and staff.
—Jackie Valley, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 May 2024
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reactivation
noun
re·ac·ti·va·tion
-ˌak-tə-ˈvā-shən
: the act or process of reactivating or condition of being reactivated
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