RENEWALS Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

renewals

noun

plural of renewal

as in repetitions

the act of saying or doing over again a campaign season that witnessed the endless renewal of the same stupid charges and countercharges

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the act or an instance of bringing something back to life, public attention, or vigorous activity roller-skating experienced a major renewal after the introduction of in-line skates

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Recent Examples of renewals According to the lawsuit, several license renewals and certifications lapsed for dozens of providers in March and April 2025. — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 8 Oct. 2026 In her note, Dungey opened by touting the studio’s recent successes, including 13 new series orders and 13 series renewals so far this year and its overall slate of more than 80 titles for over 20 platforms. — Michael Schneider, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026 The Department of Homeland Security proposed requiring colleges to pay $70,000 for each international student’s initial application to work through OPT, plus $30,000 for renewals. — Annie Ma, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026 The Justice Department argues that the regulatory process that governs license renewals would require a company to appeal an FCC order to the full commission. — Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026 Contract renewals are standard practice for hires at that level. — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2026 Later in 2026, the White House says the portal will start handling some transactions directly, including passport renewals and Medicare enrollment, with more services expected to follow. — Bailey Berg, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Oct. 2026 This is one of the fastest renewals for a freshman show in the streaming service’s history. — Rodney Ho, AJC.com, 2 Oct. 2026 The run of early renewals stretches back to season three, which Prime Video ordered two weeks before the second season debuted in December 2023. — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 28 Sep. 2026

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Noun

Lee’s lines have the intimacy and metaphysical heft of prayer; their elegant recursions and repetitions call to mind the cycles of life, death, and rebirth.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
The story’s language is incantatory, with repetitions that echo the passing scenery.

— Anna Mebel, JSTOR Daily, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of repetitions

Noun

But the turquoise colour works and the background design is distinctive and well-thought out, alternating between repeats of the club’s badge and the Rosebay Willowherb, which is London’s historical county flower.

— Nick Miller, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Big, bold shapes also had a moment on the step and repeats this week.

— Christian Allaire, Vogue, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of repeats

Noun

The lack of federal guidance, conflicting messages and potential barriers to immunizations worry public health officials because vaccination rates are already falling, leading to resurgences of dangerous diseases like measles.

— Rob Stein, NPR, 2 Sep. 2026
And after several resurgences on the the runways, the trend has only grown stronger over the years.

— Kara Jillian Brown, InStyle, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of resurgences

Noun

Through an intricate process of dependent origination, humans, animals, and other beings cycle around in endless rebirths based on past karma.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Sep. 2026
Still, it’s been 10 years since the wordmark was updated, and in the current fruit fly life cycle of frenzied tech rebirths, that’s almost staid.

— Aurich Lawson, ArsTechnica, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of rebirths

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Jason Momoa, Sylvester Stallone, and Luke Bryan flexed different iterations of the Crown’s legendary chronograph, with the trio of timepieces showing just how much the model has evolved since launching in 1963.

— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 3 Oct. 2026
The bill has gone through several iterations and overwhelmingly passed the Senate in 2024.

— Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026

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