reactivate
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"These cells can hide from chemotherapy and then remain in this dormant quiescent state in the tumor, and then later reactivate to drive proliferation."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026
The results show that dormant viruses can reactivate frequently in people who appear to have functioning immune systems during severe illness, particularly when systemic inflammation is elevated.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
“It will also reactivate portions of the maritime industrial base that are easier to scale.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
The Ministry of Energy said that protocols to reactivate the grid were underway.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
Piper had no idea how to reactivate him.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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"If you ever log on to your account for any reason, even accidentally, because it is an app on your phone it reactivates and then sends a new order," she said.
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2024
Fluid injection first reactivates the fault patches through slow, aseismic slip and causing only few and small seismic events, followed by a progressive localization ultimately leading to large induced events.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 18, 2024
The scientists reported they treated seven monkeys, and then infected these animals and seven controls with simian immunodeficiency virus, which is closely related to HIV in humans and reactivates tuberculosis.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 5, 2022
Scarlett Lewis, whose 6-year-old son, Jesse, was killed in the Sandy Hook shootings, said learning about every mass shooting is “like a punch in the gut every single time” that reactivates the pain and grief.
From Seattle Times ● May 25, 2022
Out on the street, vampires catch fire and turn into crispy critters as the UV shield reactivates.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2015
“The facilities remain in the Fed’s toolbox and can be reactivated as needed,” the team wrote in an Aug. 14 client note.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
Within the first 40 days after patients were admitted to the hospital, the researchers identified 11 reactivated viruses.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
Later in the evening, Webb deleted his account and has not reactivated it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Italy’s energy minister said in March that the country’s coal-powered plants—currently on standby—could be reactivated if the conflict in the Middle East triggers an energy crisis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 2026
A count of five later, the lights flickered on, and the crash bracelets steadied her as the board reactivated, rising smoothly up under her feet with reassuring solidness.
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
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But experts who spoke to AFP said that reactivating the plants would not lower electricity prices.
From Barron's ● Mar. 31, 2026
In the lab, epigenetic editing would be used to remove methyl tags from the fetal globin gene, reactivating it.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 5, 2026
Termination was never automatic after 13 strikes, and there was no evidence Cox ever terminated a subscriber’s account without reactivating it.
From Slate ● Nov. 28, 2025
The Harlequins player deactivated his X account following his initial post, before reactivating it to claim he was "just having a bit of fun trying to spark interest in a mega rugby fixture".
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2024
“For a job like this, we need our very best. And that’s me. I’m reactivating myself.”
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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