How to Use reactivate in a Sentence

reactivate

verb
  • The airline plans to fully reactivate its entire fleet by the end of the of year.
    Lionel Lim, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2023
  • The ministry said the alarm had gone off the day before the crime and security guards failed to reactivate it.
    Natalie Croker, CNN, 27 Jan. 2022
  • Losing in the second round for the first time in a decade should reactivate that chip of disrespect.
    Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 May 2023
  • To reactivate the liquid, Perez would make rounds on set with a hot water bottle, squirting the cast.
    Katie Reul, Variety, 23 Nov. 2022
  • When the immune system weakens, the virus can be reactivated and cause a rash.
    Joe and Teresa Graedon, oregonlive, 29 May 2023
  • Then, the high court’s decision last June to overturn Roe v. Wade reactivated the statutes.
    Todd Richmond, Chicago Tribune, 7 July 2023
  • But in July, the service saw a 137% increase in the number of talent that either reactivated their Cameo accounts or joined the app for the first time.
    Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The virus then stays in your system and can reactivate later on, causing shingles.
    Alex Vance, Fortune Well, 26 Apr. 2023
  • Within minutes of his speaking to the rep, on Jan. 27, the account was reactivated.
    Ron Lieber, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2023
  • This doesn't mean that new fissure might not open or old fissure won't reactivate, but much of the lava is now being erupted from the fissure 8 cone.
    Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 4 June 2018
  • The soap, Heman explained, would be made with compounds that could reactivate the cells that guard human skin, enabling them to fight cancer cells.
    Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2023
  • With luck, jiggling the car can reactivate the transmitter and unlock the doors, but Chevy warns against relying on this approach.
    John Phillips, Car and Driver, 31 Dec. 2022
  • Members were able to opt to reactivate their accounts, which entitles them to see three movies a week and get other discounts.
    Kelly Tyko, USA TODAY, 25 June 2021
  • It is caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox, which remains in the nerves even after chickenpox has cleared up and can reactivate.
    Jem Aswad, Variety, 10 June 2022
  • The budget for the current fiscal year included $10 million to reactivate the state guard and cover the costs of six positions.
    Jim Turner, Sun Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2023
  • That includes dormant lifeforms that are reactivated when there is enough rain in the region.
    Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The extension was never completed, but the weight and movement of the dirt shifted the balance of the earth enough to reactivate the slide, sending the land into a slow-motion descent toward the sea.
    Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2023
  • Now, 120 years after being built, the armory is being reactivated for a new tour of duty.
    Lia Russell, Baltimore Sun, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Twitter users have loudly fled the platform, in many cases, only to reactivate their accounts after a few days or weeks off.
    Brandy Zadrozny, NBC News, 2 Dec. 2022
  • But in 1992, a neighbor coaxed him to Santa Rosa, and Harper, who grew up playing in his backyard in Saskatchewan, felt some long dormant pleasure center reactivate in his brain.
    Andrew Keh Bryan Meltz, New York Times, 24 July 2023
  • The site, under Musk, reactivated Trump’s account in late 2022.
    Jonathan O'Connell, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2024
  • If this issue affects you, don’t try to reactivate your account or create a new one, as Instagram is trying to figure this out.
    José Adorno, BGR, 31 Oct. 2022
  • This has forced Russia to reactivate obsolete T-54 and T-62 tanks.
    Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 1 May 2023
  • Buurstra says there's still hope! Spray the affected area with a water displacement lubricant like WD-40® to reactivate the stain.
    Tamara Gane, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2021
  • Since the strike began, more than 2,400 performers have joined or reactivated their Cameo accounts.
    Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 27 Aug. 2023
  • The virus that causes chickenpox, varicella-zoster virus (VZV), lays dormant in your nerve cells and later reactivates to cause shingles.
    Health Editorial Team, Health, 30 Oct. 2023
  • The hope was that, one day, the mosaic would be reactivated, and they’d be awarded points for having already flashed its geolocation.
    Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
  • But the war in Ukraine, which has resulted in a sharp cut in natural gas supplies from Russia to Europe, prompted Germany to reactivate old coal and oil-fired power plants.
    Frank Jordans, ajc, 17 Oct. 2022
  • But as soon as a person stops taking antiretrovirals, the virus reactivates.
    WIRED, 27 July 2023
  • The most common form of fraud was business owners trying to reactivate old businesses falsely, Hurn said.
    Nihal Krishan, Washington Examiner, 21 Sep. 2020

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