as in to continue
to begin again or return to after an interruption
court will reopen after a brief recess
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Recent Examples of reopen
Since June 2024, the pier has been closed for renovations, and is projected to reopen in spring/summer 2025.
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Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 21 Dec. 2024
Despite being temporarily shuttered, the store reopened for the holiday rush, according to store employees.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 21 Dec. 2024
The Catbird Seat reopens tomorrow with new head chefs Tiffani Ortiz and Andy Doubrava.
—Hadley Hitson, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
There were three major New York museums missing from the conversation this year—the Frick Collection, the New Museum, and the Studio Museum in Harlem, all of them closed amid ongoing expansion efforts and all with plans to reopen in 2025.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 19 Dec. 2024
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Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 21 Dec. 2024
Despite being temporarily shuttered, the store reopened for the holiday rush, according to store employees.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 21 Dec. 2024
The Catbird Seat reopens tomorrow with new head chefs Tiffani Ortiz and Andy Doubrava.
—Hadley Hitson, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
There were three major New York museums missing from the conversation this year—the Frick Collection, the New Museum, and the Studio Museum in Harlem, all of them closed amid ongoing expansion efforts and all with plans to reopen in 2025.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 19 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reopen
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So much so that Whitehead apparently wants to continue to play with Long Island as long as possible.C.J. Holmes, New York Daily News, 22 Dec. 2024
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Many Koreans experience an internal division amid the continuing conflict between the South and the North.Cressida Leyshon, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024
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United are paying the price for restarting their women’s team as late as 2018.Charlotte Harpur, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
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Constellation unveiled a landmark deal to restart the Three Mile Island nuclear plant in Pennsylvania in a deal with Microsoft in September.Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 23 Dec. 2024
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Those couldn’t all be about resuming the death penalty or opioid settlement dollars.Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 16 Dec. 2024
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Eilish, after quickly resuming the song, reaches over to pick up the item and flings it away.Greg Evans, Deadline, 14 Dec. 2024
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“Reopen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reopen. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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