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Recent Examples of reactivate
Even when a shock is not given, being placed in the same location is enough to reactivate the engram and cause the mouse to freeze in fear.
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William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
If Trump now shrinks the monument again, the lawsuit will likely be reactivated, and new ones likely filed.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2025
Our intrepid video team set out to find it and reactivate it more than forty years later.
—Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 25 Dec. 2024
On other days, mist your curls with water or a hydrating spray in the morning to reactivate products and plump up your strands.
—Sarah Hoffmann, Allure, 22 Dec. 2024
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William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
If Trump now shrinks the monument again, the lawsuit will likely be reactivated, and new ones likely filed.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2025
Our intrepid video team set out to find it and reactivate it more than forty years later.
—Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 25 Dec. 2024
On other days, mist your curls with water or a hydrating spray in the morning to reactivate products and plump up your strands.
—Sarah Hoffmann, Allure, 22 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reactivate
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Homeland Security has put out notices to start phasing out humanitarian parole programs and to restart the full implementation of the Remain in Mexico policy, which would require some asylum seekers at the southern border to wait in Mexico for their hearings in U.S. immigration court.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
22 Jan. 2025
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What to Know About the New Directive The directive instructs the Departments of Commerce and Interior, along with other federal agencies, to restart Trump-era efforts to increase water diversions from the Delta.—
Raul A. Reyes,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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Lukas Reichel might have to reinvent himself as something like the next Michael Frolík to have a long career in Chicago.—
Mark Lazerus,
The Athletic,
17 Jan. 2025
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The songs have not been reinvented or seemingly dabbled with.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
17 Jan. 2025
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Same goes for concert t-shirts versus the urge of Chiefs fans to refresh their wardrobes on a potential Super Bowl run, which is one reason that playoff games tend to be more important economically than just any other game on a Sunday afternoon in the fall.—
Mike Hendricks,
Kansas City Star,
17 Jan. 2025
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The Topps Littler release was highly-sought after, which for collectors means: add to cart, proceed to checkout, spinning wheel, refresh, out of stock, existential crisis.—
Andrew Mackie,
The Athletic,
17 Jan. 2025
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Kitchen 57 has also resurrected its brunch with new cocktails and special menu items, like short rib hash and popovers with homemade berry jam — and of course those necessities, bottomless mimosas and two-for-one Bloody Marys and Micheladas.—
Connie Ogle,
Miami Herald,
24 Jan. 2025
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The irony is striking—the man who built his political brand on confronting China now fights to resurrect one of its most effective tools for gathering American data.—
Raul A. Reyes,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Reactivate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reactivate. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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