RENEWALS Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

renewals

noun

plural of renewal

as in repetitions

the act of saying or doing over again a campaign season that witnessed the endless renewal of the same stupid charges and countercharges

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the act or an instance of bringing something back to life, public attention, or vigorous activity roller-skating experienced a major renewal after the introduction of in-line skates

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Recent Examples of renewals Many debt cases dragged on for years, amid regular renewals by collections attorneys. — Kansas City Star, 11 Oct. 2026 In her note, Dungey noted the studio’s recent successes, including 13 new series orders and 13 series renewals so far this year and its overall slate of more than 80 titles for over 20 platforms. — Michael Schneider, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026 Terms have not been revealed but renewals for other WBD execs, including DTC Co-Chairs Casey Bloys and JB Perrette, are said to be for five years. — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2026 The Department of Homeland Security proposed requiring colleges to pay $70,000 for each international student’s initial application to work through OPT, plus $30,000 for renewals. — Annie Ma, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026 The Justice Department argues that the regulatory process that governs license renewals would require a company to appeal an FCC order to the full commission. — Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026 Later in 2026, the White House says the portal will start handling some transactions directly, including passport renewals and Medicare enrollment, with more services expected to follow. — Bailey Berg, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Oct. 2026 This is one of the fastest renewals for a freshman show in the streaming service’s history. — Rodney Ho, AJC.com, 2 Oct. 2026 The run of early renewals stretches back to season three, which Prime Video ordered two weeks before the second season debuted in December 2023. — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 28 Sep. 2026

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Noun

With Dru Smith sidelined by a calf strain sustained during training camp, Larsson had wound up taking repetitions at point guard, including during that preseason-opening victory over the Raptors.

— Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2026
Adjust the difficulty up or down by adding or lowering repetitions, weight or speed.

— Gretchen Reynolds, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of repetitions

Noun

Bag designs were more polarized, with oversize silhouettes and revivals of heritage styles juxtaposed to fantasy minaudière designs, sculptural clutches and embellished mini bags displaying brands’ craftsmanship and doubling as objects of art.

— Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
Paramount is taking over the Bay Theater, the long-shuttered cinema at Palisades Village formerly leased by Netflix, adding to a wave of revivals of dormant movie theaters across Los Angeles.

— Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of revivals

Noun

The band only disclosed that the seven shows would be color-coded to correspond to each of the seven colors of the rainbow, and that back-to-back shows would be without repeats.

— Benjy Eisen, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2026
When a signal repeats that consistently, clinical guidance tends to follow.

— Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of repeats

Noun

The lack of federal guidance, conflicting messages and potential barriers to immunizations worry public health officials because vaccination rates are already falling, leading to resurgences of dangerous diseases like measles.

— Rob Stein, NPR, 2 Sep. 2026
And after several resurgences on the the runways, the trend has only grown stronger over the years.

— Kara Jillian Brown, InStyle, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of resurgences

Noun

Through an intricate process of dependent origination, humans, animals, and other beings cycle around in endless rebirths based on past karma.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Sep. 2026
Still, it’s been 10 years since the wordmark was updated, and in the current fruit fly life cycle of frenzied tech rebirths, that’s almost staid.

— Aurich Lawson, ArsTechnica, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of rebirths

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Both iterations are named in honour of the British North Greenland Expedition of 1952, for which Tudor issued the crew with rugged tool watches.

— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2026
This weekend’s release opens the anniversary to a wider audience with three new iterations of the trio.

— Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026

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