reopened

verb

past tense of reopen
as in resumed
to begin again or return to after an interruption court will reopen after a brief recess

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Recent Examples of reopened Hochul appointed the state attorney general last week to take over a criminal investigation that Van Houten had reopened days earlier, and the governor called for an independent review of Cornell’s handling of the matter. — Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026 According to the Wall Street Journal article, companies including IBM, JBS Foods, Northwell Health and PECO have introduced or reopened pension benefits, driven by factors including employee retention and labor negotiations. — Jeff Stevenson, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026 And on the Italian island of Stromboli, formed by the tip of a volcano, a school reopened last month after 20 years with a single student. — Lefteris Pitarakis, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026 Dallas homicide detective Andrea Isom reopened the case 32-years later and submitted several pieces of evidence for forensic analysis, according to the release. — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Oct. 2026 Prosecutors have reopened a criminal investigation into the allegations. — Angela Yang, NBC news, 3 Oct. 2026 Crossings North of Flagler Drive at Andrews have since reopened. — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026 The administration has reopened its plans for the Red Line, including a bus rapid transit option that MTA says could allow both it and BMORE BUS to be completed within five years. — Brian O'Malley, Baltimore Sun, 28 Sep. 2026 There was a time when every accusation and every headline reopened the wound. — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 28 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reopened
  1. resumed
  2. restarted
  3. continued
Verb
  • The aggressor has also resumed its destruction of the energy sector.
    — Svitlana Vlasova, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2026
  • When play resumed, the Sox saw the lead float away in an eventual 4-3 loss in 10 innings at Progressive Field.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of resumed
Verb
  • If a person interferes or one step fails, the system can adjust its plan and retry rather than requiring the entire task to be restarted.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The market Thomas began using compulsively restarted every fifteen minutes and never stopped.
    — Bobby Allyn, NPR, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of restarted
Verb
  • After a concertgoer died in the audience at a Carson music festival on Saturday, an artist is outraged the show continued while the deceased was still on-site.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Temasek, however, remains bullish on AI over the longer term and has continued to increase investments into the sector.
    — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of continued

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

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