recrudesce

verb

Definition of recrudescenext
as in to continue

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recrudesce
  1. continue
  2. resume
  3. reopen
  4. renew
Verb
  • Wildfires in the greater Los Angeles area continued to burn mostly out of control on Thursday, with at least five blazes engulfing more than 45 square miles.
    Max Butterworth, NBC News, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Yesterday, as the fires continued to spread and burn large areas of Los Angeles, the Oscars, voting for which began Wednesday morning, extended its voting window until Tuesday, Jan. 14, with the 2025 Oscars nominations announcement postponed until Sunday, Jan. 19.
    Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of continue
Verb
  • Regular Post Office hours and mail delivery will resume on the Thursday after each holiday.
    Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025
  • The show, scheduled to air live on Tuesday, Dec. 31, will begin at 8 p.m. ET/PT and will go on till 10 p.m. before taking a half-hour break and resuming at 10:30 p.m.
    Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of resume
Verb
  • Rather than reopen as a traditional record shop, Muhammad and Anderson decided to try something new: Transform it into an economic and social anchor for the neighborhood.
    SPIN Staff, SPIN, 9 Jan. 2025
  • According to Murphy, the bomb squad found that the items were harmless, at which point the area was reopened.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of reopen
Verb
  • The state Insurance Department issued a new regulation last month meant to turn the tide of some of the largest insurance companies’ refusal to take on new customers in California or decisions not to renew policies of current ones.
    Janhvi Bhojwani, NBC News, 10 Jan. 2025
  • In Pacific Palisades, 732 fire insurance policies were not renewed in 2022 alone, accounting for 11 percent of such policies in the neighborhood.
    Jared Kofsky, ABC News, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of renew
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