revive

1
as in to resurrect
to bring back to life, practice, or activity an effort to revive the once-common custom of celebrating May 1 as a springtime festival of games and dances

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as in to recover
to gain consciousness again the patient eventually revived and was able to give us her name and address

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Recent Examples of revive Does Light hope they get revived at a different streamer or network? Brent Lang, Variety, 3 Nov. 2024 Two decades later, Chapman helped revive the series at the Ryman. Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 1 Nov. 2024 Body-camera footage shown for 1st time The first witness, a New York City police officer, was among those who tried unsuccessfully to revive Neely. Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 1 Nov. 2024 In 2007, however, Cinema Blend reported that the 1994 film’s producers Steve Tisch and Wendy Finerman were interested in reviving the sequel. John Russell, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for revive 
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  • By the middle of summer, however, the genre had demonstrated a Voorhees-like ability to resurrect itself from the cinematic graveyard, delivering a run of surprising hits.
    Chris Lee, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Surprise-released by Nintendo earlier this fall for $100, its aim is arguably to resurrect a device of yesteryear.
    Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
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  • The Rescue Our Medical Care campaign had sought to engage the hospital in negotiations to restore acute psychiatric beds and create a patient protection fund, citing HCA’s business practices and divestment of health services.
    Devan Patel, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
  • The eyebrow shows those factors most clearly, and Topaz restores the most detail.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
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  • Two people were recovered, but one was declared deceased.
    Bay City News Service, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Drugmakers such as Pfizer and Moderna are still recovering from falling Covid vaccination rates in the U.S., which have dented their profits over the last two years.
    Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
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  • The constitutional amendment renews approval for the state using Minnesota State Lottery revenue for conservation, raises the amount of lottery money the state can spend each year and creates a new advisory council to decide how to award grants.
    Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 6 Nov. 2024
  • The tax initially was approved by voters in 1985 and renewed in 2004.
    Coleby Phillips, The Arizona Republic, 6 Nov. 2024
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  • After a three-year hiatus, Apple finally refreshed the iPad Mini with a new seventh generation model for 2024.
    Rudie Obias, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Goldman Sachs has refreshed its list of top stock picks in Asia to include two automotive stocks: India’s Mahindra and Mahindra and Japan’s Honda Motor .
    Amala Balakrishner, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2024

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“Revive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revive. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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