as in to revive
to bring back to life, practice, or activity
the new multiplex has begun to reanimate the shabby neighborhood
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Recent Examples of reanimate
For starters, the effects reanimating Holm don’t look convincing, thereby rendering his presence distracting.
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 Aug. 2024
Old villains will reanimate like zombies and new ones will form like mega Deadites come to wipe out your whole family — chosen or otherwise.
—Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 12 June 2024
As part of the 3 Arrows of the Abenomics plan to reanimate a moribund Japanese economy, Japan permitted its government pension fund, GPIF, to invest more of its capital in foreign assets.
—Steven Desmyter, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
So many recent revisitations of old properties play like corporate attempts to reanimate the dead — literally, in the case of movies like Ghostbusters: Afterlife and Alien: Romulus.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2024
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 Aug. 2024
Old villains will reanimate like zombies and new ones will form like mega Deadites come to wipe out your whole family — chosen or otherwise.
—Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 12 June 2024
As part of the 3 Arrows of the Abenomics plan to reanimate a moribund Japanese economy, Japan permitted its government pension fund, GPIF, to invest more of its capital in foreign assets.
—Steven Desmyter, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
So many recent revisitations of old properties play like corporate attempts to reanimate the dead — literally, in the case of movies like Ghostbusters: Afterlife and Alien: Romulus.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reanimate
Verb
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Now, he's revived that rhetoric, after months of detente with Bowser.—
Cuneyt Dil,
Axios,
20 Feb. 2025
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Days after the presidential election, Ms. Hochul revived the toll, which is charged on vehicles entering Manhattan below 60th Street.—
Stefanos Chen,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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Octavia Spencer has resurrected a famous scene from her 2011 film The Help in honor of DOGE.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
19 Feb. 2025
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Incognito resurrected his career after his NFL imposed suspension (eight games in 2013), and blackballing (all of 2014).—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
17 Feb. 2025
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The network has renewed the series, starring Molly Parker, for a second season — and the order is an old-school, 22-episode season, showing a vote of confidence after solid early returns in the ratings.—
Rick Porter,
The Hollywood Reporter,
26 Feb. 2025
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The return of co-founder Jack Ma, who has re-emerged as an influential figure after years of regulatory scrutiny, signals renewed confidence in BABA’s growth potential.—
Tony Zhang,
CNBC,
26 Feb. 2025
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“Reanimate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reanimate. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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