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 -
At 20 mph, the motor will cut out and the cyclist will have to pedal the bike to reactivate it.
— Stephanie Pearson, WIRED, 8 Sep. 2024 -
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 -
The virus lies dormant in your body, but triggers can reactivate it.
— Jennifer Sabour, Health, 5 May 2024 -
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 mouse encounters the shock again in that region, the same neurons appear to reactivate.
— William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024 -
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 -
Medical staff tried for a sixth time to reactivate her heart with no luck and she was considered dead at 2:36 p.m. on Friday.
— Mehmet Guzel, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2024 -
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 -
The hands stop ticking around the dial, but the movement continues to track time internally and then resets the hands to the correct time once the watch is reactivated.
— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 23 Sep. 2024 -
That includes dormant lifeforms that are reactivated when there is enough rain in the region.
— Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 7 Sep. 2023 -
The virus can reactivate later in life in those who have had chickenpox, leading to shingles (herpes zoster).
— Carrie Madormo, Rn, Health, 3 Nov. 2024 -
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 -
Nearly 10 years after an oil spill in Santa Barbara County, a plan to reactivate a pipeline has sparked anger.
— Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2024 -
Soon after Hong Kong reactivated inbound tourism, our business and inbound tourism strategies paid off, the park said in a statement.
— Patrick Frater, Variety, 25 June 2024 -
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 -
Using fresh colorectal cancer samples, the researchers discovered that the iron in red meat reactivated the enzyme telomerase via an iron-sensing protein called Pirin, which drove the progression of the cancer.
— New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2024
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