renewing

present participle of renew
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as in reviving
to bring back to life, practice, or activity the spate of recent movies based on classic comic book characters has renewed interest in the comics themselves

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as in repeating
to make or do again I can only renew my offer to help—it's up to them to accept it

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Recent Examples of renewing For Thorpe, renewing this proposition of difference doesn’t necessarily mean more athletes, but more compelling athletes stories instead, where the players have influence and creative input — not just a standard sponsorship. — Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2026 David Fincher isn’t renewing his pact at Netflix after his deal at the streamer expires next year. — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026 That included some residents choosing to pay other, more pressing bills instead of renewing their home insurance — something that’s important but that people don’t always anticipate needing, Richardson said. — Kansas City Star, 28 Sep. 2026 More recently, in 2023, Belarusian embassies abroad stopped extending or renewing passports entirely, putting dissidents who fled the country in a similar bind to those from Myanmar. — Andrew Nachemson, The Dial, 22 Sep. 2026 The oversight body is not renewing itself fast enough to be positioned for the wave of transitions it will eventually be asked to govern. — Shawn Cole, Forbes.com, 22 Sep. 2026 Landlords are not legally allowed to retaliate against tenants who request repairs by not renewing their lease. — Shawnita Sealy-Jefferson, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026 After renewing his threat to demolish the long-standing Kennedy Center if courts continue to block his bids to put his name on the building, he was seen with the poster. — Paloma Chavez, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026 Roof’s appeals will probably continue for years, and just the experience of seeing further news stories about him brings back all of the horror of his violence, renewing our wounds. — Sharon Risher, New York Daily News, 15 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for renewing
Verb
  • DeStefano kicked into a quasi-rock groove on acoustic guitar, and the guys launched into a chorus about shaking off uncontrollable hassles and restoring positivity.
    — Tom Roland, Billboard, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The two presidential candidates offer different solutions for restoring credibility.
    — MATIAS SPEKTOR, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Arizona paused executions after Wood’s lethal injection in 2014, before resuming them in 2022 with Clarence Dixon.
    — Victoria Arancio, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The remarks came days after Araghchi proposed reopening the Strait of Hormuz and resuming nuclear talks within seven days if Washington accepts Iran’s terms.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Bahrain is reviving an old F1 tradition by joining Switzerland, San Marino and Luxembourg as countries which were the official hosts of F1 races actually taking place elsewhere.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The full cycle of forming a spore and then reviving it came to nearly 10 billion ATP molecules, one of the most expensive things a bacterium ever does.
    — Canan Karakoç, The Conversation, 28 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • One of the most important lessons from my coaching career is that repeating the same instruction louder or more often is not the same as adapting your coaching.
    — Irma Davarashvili, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
  • These materials mimic important structural features of quasicrystals while having a repeating crystal structure that can be studied experimentally.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • In one interview, police brought him back to the home and filmed him recreating the scene, mimicking grabbing his gun, finding Causse, firing off the shots that killed Miller in the hallway, and then calling 9-1-1.
    — CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Of course, there’s still no recreating the chemistry or comfort of a club’s dedicated TV announcing booth, melded into a family over the course of 162 games, summer after summer.
    — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 29 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Elfe quit her job in luxury retail and enrolled in a teacher assistant certification program at the center in 2022, before continuing her education in its apprenticeship program.
    — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 2 Oct. 2026
  • In early November the lake sat quiet, except for the moments when scores of Canada geese would descend to the surface to rest before continuing their journey south.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Madonna has spent her career borrowing, referencing, resurrecting and reinventing, but never at the expense of distinctly looking and feeling like herself.
    — Sadie Kargman, Allure, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Smith was flat-out bad last season after playing good ball and resurrecting his career in Seattle.
    — Ted Nguyen, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
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  • The stations are standardised, so capacity is added by replicating them, and this line is the blueprint for future local for local expansion, as per the release.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2026
  • My learning is more about understanding the mechanics of performance, the how, rather than replicating the why behind human emotions.
    — Corbin Bolies, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026

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“Renewing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/renewing. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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