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restart

VERB
continue
Synonyms
STRONGEST
proceed reestablish reinstate renew reopen restore resume return to
STRONG
recapitulate recommence
WEAK
begin over begin where one left off carry on go on with pick up reinstitute take up
Antonyms
STRONGEST
finish halt stop

Example Sentences

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“Even if there is a good resolution, this isn’t a faucet that can turn back on. We don’t have a peace button you can push to restart those wells.”

From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026

President Donald Trump told the New York Post that talks aimed at ending the war in Iran could restart this week.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

French President Emmanuel Macron said he had urged Trump and his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian to restart talks.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

In peacetime some 135 ships transit Hormuz each day, and until tankers again do so in significant numbers, producers won’t restart shut-in wells.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Adding to the insult, the Tokyo lab’s director, Yukio Nishina, already had received permission from occupation officials to restart his cyclotron for biological and medical research.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik