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as in to revive
to bring back to life, practice, or activity the bowling alley, eager to revitalize interest in the sport for a younger crowd, started offering "disco bowling" every Friday night with disco music and free soda

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Recent Examples of revitalize That effort has been central to a push by the Biden administration to revitalize chip manufacturing on American soil. Clare Duffy, CNN, 4 Dec. 2024 President-elect Donald Trump has criticized the 2022 Chips and Science Act, which set aside $39 billion in grants, $75 billion in loans and loan guarantees, and 25% tax credits to revitalize American chipmaking. Ryan Gould, Fortune, 2 Dec. 2024 Baker recreated the Lenape bandolier bag to help revitalize one of his community’s art forms. Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2024 If your carry-on game is well, lacking, now is the time to revitalize your collection. Hillary Maglin, Travel + Leisure, 30 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for revitalize 
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  • If Yoon is impeached, his presidential powers would be suspended until the Constitutional Court decides whether to remove him from office or restore his powers.
    Hyung-Jin Kim and Kim Tong-Hyung, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Investments are imperative to restore systems to deliver essential basic services, like education, water and sanitation, health, nutrition, social welfare and social protection, leaving no child behind.
    Maryanne Murray Buechner, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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  • This past April, O’Grady won a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship, which was to support a new performance art piece reviving an old character from her past work.
    Benjamin Sutton, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
  • That was just one of several costly acquisitions likely to be unwound as the company struggles to revive itself.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 15 Dec. 2024
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  • Initially, Starboard went down the path of long-term value creation – refreshing the board and focusing on improving the company’s cost structure.
    Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 7 Dec. 2024
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    Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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  • Leave a comment View Comments Iwasa isn’t the only artist who Murakami has chosen to resurrect using the most cutting-edge instrument of the information age.
    Leah Dolan, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
  • As part of its bill of particulars, the GOP report resurrects an old yarn, originated by Trump acolytes at the State Department in 2020 and promoted by the Wall Street Journal, that three researchers at the WIV became sick with what may have been COVID in the autumn of 2019.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
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  • Maher, having just renewed for another two seasons, is likely to at least match Letterman.
    Bob Guccione Jr., SPIN, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The pact renewed a handful of different agreements on multiple fronts across the U.S. and Europe.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 9 Dec. 2024

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“Revitalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revitalize. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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