kick-started

verb

Definition of kick-startednext
past tense of kick-start
as in jump-started

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  1. resurrected
  2. revived
  3. revitalized
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  • Some neighbors who decided to leave Asheville until the power and/or water were resurrected emptied their pantries before departure.
    Jessica Wakeman, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2024
  • In 2019, state leaders resurrected the plan and created the joint commission made up of transportation leaders from Oregon and Washington.
    Carleen Johnson | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of resurrected
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  • Additionally, federal pay data reporting requirements, which were halted during the previous administration, could be revived in 2025.
    Alonzo Martinez, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • It was revived on Broadway twice and made into two films.
    Samira Mehta, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of revived
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  • Filmmaking trio Radio Silence revitalized the franchise with 2022’s Scream, which featured Campbell.
    Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Established in 1974 and ambitious in its undertakings before Giorno’s death in 2019, the organization had since been mostly devoted to matters of estate-planning and preservation before being revitalized by Anthony Huberman, who took over as executive artistic director early last year.
    Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2019
Definition of revitalized
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“Kick-started.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kick-started. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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