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as in to revive
to bring back to life, practice, or activity the bowling alley, eager to revitalize interest in the sport for a younger crowd, started offering "disco bowling" every Friday night with disco music and free soda

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Recent Examples of revitalize Now the duo is back, looking good, throwing heat and aiming to revitalize Colorado’s rotation. Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 9 Mar. 2025 The filing details a focus on revitalizing menu options and addressing declines in sales, with a significant menu rollout planned for completion by mid-2025. Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 7 Mar. 2025 After ceasing operations during Prohibition, the brand was revitalized in 2015 by the founder’s descendants. Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025 By making long-term commitments, nonprofits and foundations play a critical role in rebuilding infrastructure that will support families and revitalize businesses. Lynette Bell, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for revitalize
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Verb
  • The movement also serves as a positional breathing exercise that leverages breathwork to restore alignment and alleviate compensatory tension.
    Dana Santas, CNN, 12 Mar. 2025
  • This is part of a larger initiative to restore a particular and nostalgic vision of American culture.
    Harvey Young, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2025
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  • The Trump administration has revived almost every negative stereotype that Europeans have about Americans: too loud, too brash, too big.
    Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Scientists have already revived 30,000-year-old viruses from permafrost in Siberia—ones that were still infectious, though only to amoebas.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Odds and futures refresh periodically and are subject to change, including on props and live betting.
    Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Luckily, there are some great curators out there with their own physical and virtual shops that regularly refresh their collections with wedding-worthy pieces.
    Shelby Wax, Vogue, 19 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • But attempts to resurrect the Leviathan finally came to fruition in the late 1990s.
    Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 15 Mar. 2025
  • An analog for the development of such an inland body of water occurred in early 2023 after rainwater from subsequent atmospheric rivers breached levees and berms to resurrect Tulare Lake (known as Pa’ashi to the Tachi Yokut Tribe).
    Priya Shukla, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
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  • The previous waiver expired Saturday and the U.S. Department of State did not renew it, the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad said in a statement.
    arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 10 Mar. 2025
  • The Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics renew their long, historic rivalry tonight for the second time this season.
    William Lambers, Newsweek, 9 Mar. 2025

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“Revitalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revitalize. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.

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