reactivating

verb

present participle of reactivate
as in restarting

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  1. restarting
  2. reinventing
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  • Other energy analysts agree that restarting Gulf production presents substantial technical challenges.
    — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2026
  • After successfully restarting the cloud service, the backlog reoccurred and the system went down again.
    — Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of restarting
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  • This quintessential college campus from the 19th century is where a group of business, college and government leaders is working on the task of reinventing higher education for the 21st century.
    — Jon Marcus, NPR, 1 Sep. 2026
  • However, reinventing Beethoven at the Bowl, doing so following Dudamel and with little rehearsal time, could easily become a fool’s errand.
    — Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of reinventing
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“Reactivating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reactivating. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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