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reactivate

[ree-ak-tuh-vayt] / riˈæk təˌveɪt /
VERB
start again
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A Panamanian government commission on Wednesday recommended that President Jose Raul Mulino reactivate Central America's largest open-pit copper mine, a Canadian-owned operation that was shut down in 2023 following widespread protests.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 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

The government has provided funding to reactivate the Ensus bioethanol plant, which makes CO2 as a by-product, in order to shore up supplies of the gas.

From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2026

Piper had no idea how to reactivate him.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

When people receive a second vaccination quite similar to the first, it reactivates memory cells elicited by the first vaccine.

From Science Daily ● May 17, 2024

"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

Next, the researchers compared these fish’s gastrointestinal tracts with those of fish they had injected with pieces of messenger RNA encoding an enzyme that reactivates the disabled telomerase gene in the gut.

From Science Magazine ● May 18, 2023

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

Water had saturated the mica schist and reactivated the old landslide.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

A few tankers filled with Iranian crude crossed the Strait of Hormuz this week, while others that had been hiding their location reactivated their radio signals, analysts and ship trackers said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 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

The United States is in the process of reactivating its embassy in Caracas.

From Barron's ● Jun. 13, 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

"By reactivating uricase in human liver cells, we lowered uric acid and stopped the cells from turning excess fructose into triglycerides -- the fats that build up in the liver," Gaucher said.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 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

The damage must prevent the sight shield from reactivating.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins




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