RÉSUMÉS Synonyms: 78 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

present tense third-person singular of resume

as in continues

to begin again or return to after an interruption we resumed the game as soon as the rain had passed

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noun

variants or resumes also resumés

plural of résumé

as in summaries

a short statement of the main points a book on the assassination that is in effect a résumé of all of the evidence that points to a conspiracy

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The tour resumes October 19 in Horsens, Denmark, and then goes all across Europe before wrapping up with four nights at London’s Royal Festival Hall, which Dylan hasn’t played since 1964. — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2026 Tailoring resumes, customizing cover letters, retyping the same work history into an endless stream of application portals, and then, more often than not, hearing nothing back. — Owen Humphries, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026 Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid held his weekly Zoom news conference Monday, providing several updates as the team resumes football activities coming out of its bye week. — Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 12 Oct. 2026 The relationship resumes; not every power embedded in its earlier form comes home with it. — Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2026 Pedraza’s testimony will continue when the trial resumes on Tuesday. — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 8 Oct. 2026 For spring applications, wait until growth resumes and the lawn is being mowed every week. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 8 Oct. 2026 Tehran is preparing a more forceful response if Washington resumes large-scale strikes, Reuters reported. — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026 After next week, the House resumes its vacation — for another six weeks. — Garrett Downs, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026

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If a salary cap were to be imposed, the Dodgers' spending would be constrained when play resumes. — ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026 Hezbollah, meanwhile, has refused to disarm, and many fear that the war could reignite, particularly if fighting resumes between Iran and Israel. — Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026 On Thursday, Dixon arrived at Pittsburgh Yards with resumes in hand, hoping to connect with employers at the Southside Works Career Fair. — Jamal Goss, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026 Career attorneys would review resumes, conduct interviews and then write a memo recommending a candidate to hire. — Ryan Lucas, NPR, 11 Oct. 2026 Once normal breathing resumes, parasympathetic influence increases, and the body relaxes big time. — Jessica Sulima, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Oct. 2026 Trump’s obsession with baseless election fraud claims and threats to rig or militarize our elections won’t help the recent college grad who’s sent out 300 resumes but can’t get a job. — S.e. Cupp, New York Daily News, 8 Oct. 2026 The loneliness epidemic For young workers, the loneliness epidemic has meant building a career without face-to-face interactions, submitting resumes online blindly and typing up cover letters for nameless recruiters. — Joshua Hong, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026 Both restaurants are owned and run by Black chefs with serious fine-dining resumes and ambitious plans to take their deeply personal cooking to new heights. — Henri Hollis, AJC.com, 30 Sep. 2026

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The victim continues to experience symptoms from the poisoning, including not being able to focus, tiring easily and a loss of sensation in his left hand, Gomelsky said.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026
Martínez continues to lead the company alongside Luis Miguel Calvo, head of content at Gersh International.

— Emiliano de Pablos, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026

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With a Bee Pro subscription, which costs $12 per month, users can get unlimited conversation summaries and daily memories as well as integrations with Amazon's webstore, its Alexa+ AI assistant and third-party apps.

— Annie Palmer, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026
The rollout includes Genmoji, notification summaries, Writing Tools, and the Clean Up photo-editing tool.

— Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of summaries

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Picking at a bite or the scab reinjures the skin and restarts the inflammation cycle, which makes dark spots more likely and more stubborn.

— Leslie Baumann, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026
The real test will come if the district restarts the pilot and shows that the technology can support learning without putting student privacy at risk.

— Jesse Watson, FOXNews.com, 3 Aug. 2026

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