as in to revive
to bring back to life, practice, or activity
the new multiplex has begun to reanimate the shabby neighborhood
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Recent Examples of reanimate
Akhtar reanimates this dialectical discussion of artistic freedom in the fraught context of AI.
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Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
Taking collective responsibility for newcomers brings neighbors together and reanimates community life.
—Gregory Maniatis, Foreign Affairs, 27 July 2022
After engaging in a heated argument, Chucky fatally electrocutes Tiffany and reanimates her soul into a female doll.
—Rendy Jones, EW.com, 1 Aug. 2024
But there are plenty of signs that a new kind of energy has reanimated the disparate constituencies that make up the Democratic base and were at the heart of the first incarnation of the anti-Trump resistance movement.
—Christian Paz, Vox, 1 Aug. 2024
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Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
Taking collective responsibility for newcomers brings neighbors together and reanimates community life.
—Gregory Maniatis, Foreign Affairs, 27 July 2022
After engaging in a heated argument, Chucky fatally electrocutes Tiffany and reanimates her soul into a female doll.
—Rendy Jones, EW.com, 1 Aug. 2024
But there are plenty of signs that a new kind of energy has reanimated the disparate constituencies that make up the Democratic base and were at the heart of the first incarnation of the anti-Trump resistance movement.
—Christian Paz, Vox, 1 Aug. 2024
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The authorities did make gestures at reviving home buying and ridding the markets of surplus units.Milton Ezrati, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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That was when Britain’s AC Cars, which had a relationship with Zagato dating back to the AC Ace Bristol Zagato from 1957, offered to help revive the vehicle and badge it as an AC model.Howard Walker, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2024
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By the middle of summer, however, the genre had demonstrated a Voorhees-like ability to resurrect itself from the cinematic graveyard, delivering a run of surprising hits.Chris Lee, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
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Surprise-released by Nintendo earlier this fall for $100, its aim is arguably to resurrect a device of yesteryear.Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
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The tax initially was approved by voters in 1985 and renewed in 2004.Coleby Phillips, The Arizona Republic, 6 Nov. 2024
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The constitutional amendment renews approval for the state using Minnesota State Lottery revenue for conservation, raises the amount of lottery money the state can spend each year and creates a new advisory council to decide how to award grants.Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Reanimate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reanimate. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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