RESTORING Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

restoring

verb

present participle of restore

as in reviving

to bring back to a former condition or vigor restore an old car

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Relevance

as in returning

to bring, send, or put back to a former or proper place restored the trophy to its proper place at the center of the shelf

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Recent Examples of restoring Last week, Hungary lifted its veto on beginning Ukraine’s accession process after weeks of negotiations with Kyiv on restoring minority rights for ethnic Hungarians in western Ukraine. —

Justin Spike, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026 Connectivity As Emergency Infrastructure For Abe Diaz, Amazon’s head of disaster relief, restoring communications is a prerequisite for effective response. —

Monica Sanders, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026 Actually Said About Peptides Speaking on Rogan’s podcast in late February, Kennedy said about 14 of the 19 peptides moved to Category 2, the FDA’s restricted compounding status, in late 2023 would shift back to Category 1, restoring a legal compounding pathway by prescription. —

Allison Palmer, Charlotte Observer, 17 June 2026 Former mayors call the building outdated Former mayors Ron Kirk and Tom Leppert urged the council to prioritize downtown expansion rather than restoring the 47‑year‑old structure. —

Jack Fink, CBS News, 17 June 2026 Foreign investment could go a long way toward restoring the economic activity that was depleted because of the US blockade on the strait. —

David Goldman, CNN Money, 17 June 2026 For example, restoring a coastal marsh stores carbon and rebuilds the storm buffer fishing towns depend on. —

Andres Clarens, The Conversation, 17 June 2026 The Mechoopda Indian Tribe of Chico Rancheria has reclaimed 450 acres of ancestral land in Butte County, marking one of the tribe’s largest land returns and a major step in restoring its historic land base. —

Sacbee.com, 11 June 2026 The milestone has been years in the making for conservationists involved in restoring California condors to the Pacific Northwest. —

Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026

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Now, however, the Archaeological Park of Pompeii, in collaboration with the University of Padua, has taken the idea of reviving ancient history a step further—using artificial intelligence.

— Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 18 June 2026
On a macroeconomic scale, economists like Gabriel Zucman warn that this unprecedented consolidation of capital from the AI boom threatens democratic stability by reviving levels of extreme wealth inequality not seen since the last century.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 12 June 2026