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Recent Examples of reactivate
It can be reused time and time again -- just re-shake it to reactivate the cooling whenever needed.
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Tory Johnson, ABC News, 28 Feb. 2026
Should residents reactivate their autopay, the full amount due on their account will be withdrawn from their bank account.
—Gillian Stawiszynski, Cincinnati Enquirer, 16 Jan. 2026
Avoid extreme stretches that can reactivate nervous system protection.
—Dana Santas, CNN Money, 14 Jan. 2026
It was announced a few days later that the Iranian authorities had decided to reactivate a six-year sentence originally meted out to Panahi in 2010 alongside a 20-year filmmaking and travel ban.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 2 Jan. 2026
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Tory Johnson, ABC News, 28 Feb. 2026
Should residents reactivate their autopay, the full amount due on their account will be withdrawn from their bank account.
—Gillian Stawiszynski, Cincinnati Enquirer, 16 Jan. 2026
Avoid extreme stretches that can reactivate nervous system protection.
—Dana Santas, CNN Money, 14 Jan. 2026
It was announced a few days later that the Iranian authorities had decided to reactivate a six-year sentence originally meted out to Panahi in 2010 alongside a 20-year filmmaking and travel ban.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 2 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reactivate
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There is no legitimate trigger that would traditionally restart the process.—
Dan Daley,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
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The verbal jousting restarted as public members sought to take the reins of these working groups before federal members cut in to suggest that public members were boxing federal members out of any leadership position.—
O. Rose Broderick,
STAT,
28 Apr. 2026
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The 39-year-old songwriter, who’s also a musician and producer, has collaborated with some of the top artists in music, crossing and reinventing genres with ease.—
Charisma Madarang,
Rolling Stone,
26 Apr. 2026
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Despite the apparent unpopularity of warming ties with Israel, the pro-Western government of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan believes that weathering the backlash is a fair trade-off in its quest to reinvent the country’s foreign policy.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
25 Apr. 2026
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Dom Luszczyszyn,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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And the first refreshed Khy collection is almost a ‘greatest hits’ of Jenner’s renowned style.—
Lucy Maguire,
Vogue,
27 Apr. 2026
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But if the Russian government is resurrecting the ghosts of the Soviet past – and making life for ordinary Russians a whole lot more inconvenient – Putin himself is showing public indifference.—
Nathan Hodge,
CNN Money,
26 Apr. 2026
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The Chinese Communist Party is resurrecting one of its favorite complaints against the Japanese government, decrying officials’ routine visit to a shrine honoring dead soldiers of World War II.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Reactivate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reactivate. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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