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as in to revive
to bring back to a former condition or vigor
restore an old car
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Recent Examples of restore
Even if lunch is not quite the anti-capitalist oasis of Corcoran’s telling, it has long been associated with the right of working people to restore themselves midway through their daily toil.
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Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 21 July 2025
Automatic System Recovery CrowdStrike enhanced system safety and self-recovery by developing sensors for Windows and macOS to detect update failures, automatically enter safe mode, or activate CrowdStrike’s remediation toolkit to restore operations without manual intervention.
—David Chou, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
Even as Native peoples and their allies celebrated at the mouth of the Klamath, more work lies ahead to restore the rest of the basin.
—Debra Utacia Krol, AZCentral.com, 21 July 2025
Putin dreams of not only restoring the Russian empire but also becoming the master power of Europe.
—Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
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Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 21 July 2025
Automatic System Recovery CrowdStrike enhanced system safety and self-recovery by developing sensors for Windows and macOS to detect update failures, automatically enter safe mode, or activate CrowdStrike’s remediation toolkit to restore operations without manual intervention.
—David Chou, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
Even as Native peoples and their allies celebrated at the mouth of the Klamath, more work lies ahead to restore the rest of the basin.
—Debra Utacia Krol, AZCentral.com, 21 July 2025
Putin dreams of not only restoring the Russian empire but also becoming the master power of Europe.
—Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for restore
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The Brazilian famously walked to the site of Donnelly’s accident at Jerez and watched as the rescue teams fought to revive him on the track.—
Don Riddell,
CNN Money,
26 July 2025
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Weeks after the deal was announced, many Penn faculty members remain in limbo, unsure about which grants have been revived.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
26 July 2025
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Recalibrating the brain's pleasure pathways enables desire to return organically, as observed by the Kinsey Institute, which reported a 25% increase in arousal response among participants who underwent dopamine reset.—
Ximena Araya-Fischel,
Forbes.com,
26 July 2025
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Those confirmed to return include Chris Hemsworth, Anthony Mackie, Danny Ramirez, Paul Rudd, Tom Hiddleston, Letitia Wright, Winston Duke and Simu Liu.—
Kelsie Gibson,
People.com,
26 July 2025
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What will replace the rare French glass HBO (Max) shattered with a random Friday-afternoon rock?—
Rachel Handler,
Vulture,
1 Aug. 2025
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By the eighteenth century, this theory was replaced by a view of hair as an ornament that signaled both aesthetics and social position…In the nineteenth century, the period that McBride focusses on, hair was framed as an intrinsic biological feature that revealed fundamental truths.—
Book Marks
August 1,
Literary Hub,
1 Aug. 2025
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Wake up refreshed, and the day ahead is that bit easier.—
David Phelan,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
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The Court Circular is the British royal family's official record of previous royal engagements and is usually refreshed online about one day after an appearance is made.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
29 July 2025
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How long your contract is for — and whether it can be renewed — depends on the company and your car.—
Brian Sloan,
CNBC,
31 July 2025
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Joining Paris Saint-Germain on a free transfer in the summer of that year, as the Catalans’ president Joan Laporta failed to deliver on an election campaign promise to renew him, Messi was linked with a potential return to the Blaugrana as his two-term deal in the French capital expired.—
Tom Sanderson,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
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Although the building was small and damp, the task of renovating a compact 484-square-foot beach house on the Spanish island of Mallorca looked to Desnudo Arquitectura like many of their other projects.—
Marta Sader,
Architectural Digest,
22 July 2025
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The lack of new buildings gives these older properties a chance to renovate, like the city has seen with One Independence Center at 101 N. Tryon St., One South and 550 South, the former NASCAR Plaza building.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
21 July 2025
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“Restore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/restore. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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