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as in restores
to bring back to a former condition or vigor
a new cream that claims to revitalize sun-damaged skin
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as in revives
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 revitalizes
The beginning of the year revitalizes you from the inside out, as Venus and Mars move through your sign, igniting a personal renaissance where your confidence, magnetism and sense of agency surge.
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Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 30 Jan. 2026
Honest conversations open doors as fiery Mars revitalizes your 3rd House of Communication, assisting you in saying what matters without losing your upbeat spirit.
—Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 23 Jan. 2026
This world-first 737-800NG combi not only revitalizes the airline’s operations but may inspire similar adaptations for other remote-market carriers, breathing new life into the versatile 737-800 platform.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 14 Jan. 2026
The spitfire Sun opposing auspicious Jupiter revitalizes your 3rd House of Information and your 9th House of Philosophy.
—Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 10 Jan. 2026
This is a crucial work of history that revitalizes conversations around workers’ rights and will continue to instill its wisdom and inspiration in new generations of laborers fighting for dignity.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Dec. 2025
Words + Music revitalizes the audio series launched by Audible in 2021.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 1 Dec. 2025
The story culminates in a duet that heals their fractured relationships and revitalizes the storied club.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 Nov. 2025
Far from cheapening or diluting Ibsen’s themes and conflicts, the action revitalizes them.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 30 Jan. 2026
Honest conversations open doors as fiery Mars revitalizes your 3rd House of Communication, assisting you in saying what matters without losing your upbeat spirit.
—Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 23 Jan. 2026
This world-first 737-800NG combi not only revitalizes the airline’s operations but may inspire similar adaptations for other remote-market carriers, breathing new life into the versatile 737-800 platform.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 14 Jan. 2026
The spitfire Sun opposing auspicious Jupiter revitalizes your 3rd House of Information and your 9th House of Philosophy.
—Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 10 Jan. 2026
This is a crucial work of history that revitalizes conversations around workers’ rights and will continue to instill its wisdom and inspiration in new generations of laborers fighting for dignity.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Dec. 2025
Words + Music revitalizes the audio series launched by Audible in 2021.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 1 Dec. 2025
The story culminates in a duet that heals their fractured relationships and revitalizes the storied club.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 Nov. 2025
Far from cheapening or diluting Ibsen’s themes and conflicts, the action revitalizes them.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for revitalizes
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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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Far from being a nostalgic nod, this trend resurrects the kind of practical elegance that characterized generations past.—
Alex Sales,
Glamour,
25 Mar. 2026
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Written with Owen Temple, the song resurrects an image Baumann had in his mind for years, that of humankind spinning through space, all of us in this together.—
Josh Crutchmer,
Rolling Stone,
12 Mar. 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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Brooke touches upon the topic with her partner on the show, HGTV's Scott McGillivray, while the pair renovates different spaces in a Las Vegas home as part of the competition.—
Natalia Senanayake,
PEOPLE,
15 Apr. 2026
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Nazuna For a smaller-scale option, check out Nazuna, which renovates traditional homes and runs them as small ryokan (traditional inns) or private villas.—
Jessica Kozuka,
Travel + Leisure,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Revitalizes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revitalizes. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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