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as in restores
to bring back to a former condition or vigor
that extended vacation completely recharged my interest in my job
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as in revives
to bring back to life, practice, or activity
the collision has recharged efforts to make the warning mechanisms at railroad crossings idiotproof
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Recent Examples of recharges
There’s a 5,000mAh battery onboard that recharges in three hours via its USB-C port.
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James Peckham, PC Magazine, 9 Apr. 2026
Play bravely so joy recharges your creative core.
—Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2026
These leaves are essential for photosynthesis, which recharges the bulb for next year’s flowers.
—Clarence Schmidt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
An international research collaboration co-led by UCLA has developed a nickel-iron battery prototype that recharges in seconds and maintains its performance for over 12,000 cycles.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 11 Feb. 2026
The 12-volt, 15,000-mAh battery lasts up to 10 hours on a low mode and recharges with a Type-C USB cable.
—Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 1 Feb. 2026
How Aura moves and recharges on its own Movement is a big part of Aura's role in the home.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 26 Jan. 2026
But the aquifer is particularly vulnerable to depletion and only recharges a few inches every year, one study estimated.
—Kayla Branch, The Frontier, 12 Jan. 2026
The creators claim that its 10,000-mAh battery recharges from flat to 80% in 24 minutes, with the robot returning to the dock to empty and charge on longer jobs.
—New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2025
James Peckham, PC Magazine, 9 Apr. 2026
Play bravely so joy recharges your creative core.
—Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2026
These leaves are essential for photosynthesis, which recharges the bulb for next year’s flowers.
—Clarence Schmidt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
An international research collaboration co-led by UCLA has developed a nickel-iron battery prototype that recharges in seconds and maintains its performance for over 12,000 cycles.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 11 Feb. 2026
The 12-volt, 15,000-mAh battery lasts up to 10 hours on a low mode and recharges with a Type-C USB cable.
—Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 1 Feb. 2026
How Aura moves and recharges on its own Movement is a big part of Aura's role in the home.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 26 Jan. 2026
But the aquifer is particularly vulnerable to depletion and only recharges a few inches every year, one study estimated.
—Kayla Branch, The Frontier, 12 Jan. 2026
The creators claim that its 10,000-mAh battery recharges from flat to 80% in 24 minutes, with the robot returning to the dock to empty and charge on longer jobs.
—New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recharges
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The pass-through credit restores some of the deduction by sending 100 percent of a New York City business tax back to business owners.—
Amethyst Martinez,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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The Hydro-Screen Hydration Serum with Hyaluronic Acid & Retinol is an ultra-versatile serum that hydrates, moisturizes, repairs, restores and helps to boost collagen production on the face, neck and even your hands.—
Tory Johnson,
ABC News,
28 Apr. 2026
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As Ukrainians mark the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, last year’s Russian drone attack revives safety concerns.—
Hanna Arhirova,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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In a state where cask beers have faded, Wren House revives a cool fringe beer tradition.—
Chris Malloy,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
14 Apr. 2026
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Recharge Gel Cream is an ultra-hydrating gel cream moisturizer with a waterburst texture that instantly refreshes and visibly plumps, smooths, and improves radiance, clinically proven to prevent water loss and boost skin barrier.—
Tory Johnson,
ABC News,
23 Apr. 2026
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This dry shampoo refreshes hair between wash days or after sweaty gym sessions.—
Sian Babish,
PEOPLE,
15 Apr. 2026
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Their ferocious poetry resurrects them, inviting other mad seekers to take up their story.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
1 May 2026
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The unrestricted grant resurrects the spirt of the AIDS Treatment Project, which Giorno started when the epidemic left so many artists in need beginning in the early ’80s.—
Andy Battaglia,
ARTnews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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These two sections meet, in a sense, in Blue Heron’s moving and surprising climax, which recreates a core scene from Romvari’s childhood — or at least seems to, on the surface.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Apr. 2026
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Take a peek at RetroCast The feature, displaying weather from New York City on Friday, April 3, 2026, closely recreates the look and feel of old-school local forecast segments, opening with a rotating globe-style display before transitioning into a full-screen forecast.—
Brandi D. Addison,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2026
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Boothby said the garden operates under a lease that renews every five years unless either party provides 30 days notice.—
Nicole Buss,
Sacbee.com,
22 Apr. 2026
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Mexico City’s Museo Anahuacalli is set to receive more than 150,000 objects from Juan Rafael Coronel Rivera, the grandson of Diego Rivera, in a donation that significantly expands the museum’s holdings and renews attention on the artist’s original vision for the site.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
21 Apr. 2026
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Using legumes and cover crops in rotation schedules naturally replenishes soil nutrients.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 Apr. 2026
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Santorini Grape Velvet Skin Drink is a luxurious face oil that blurs imperfections, smooths texture and replenishes skin with hydration.—
Tory Johnson,
ABC News,
16 Feb. 2026
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Our enterprising Gravedigger, a true woman of science, engineers a lizard elixir and regenerates the finger into a long tentacle that eventually demands a body.—
Katie Walsh,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Mar. 2026
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Notably, plasma is in great supply in your bloodstream and regenerates quickly in healthy adults.—
Kathy Kristof,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026
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“Recharges.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recharges. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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