resumed

verb

past tense of resume
as in continued
to begin again or return to after an interruption we resumed the game as soon as the rain had passed

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Recent Examples of resumed 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, 2 Oct. 2026 The two sides reached an interim agreement in June and committed to trying to reach a final deal within 60 days, but the deadline passed after hostilities resumed. — Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026 Harry and Meghan stepped down as senior working royals in 2020 and have not resumed those roles. — Stephanie Giang-Paunon , Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026 Vista Grande reported that aggressive behaviors resumed and continued sending Tingley to the hospital. — Jordan Rau, NPR, 30 Sep. 2026 Iran’s Revolutionary Guard urged Americans to protest the war ahead of midterm elections, while a major Saudi oil pipeline damaged in an attack resumed operations. — Aamer Madhani, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026 The Koreas then traded threats, staged weapons demonstrations and resumed border propaganda broadcasts before days of marathon talks eventually pulled them back from the brink. — ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026 The respite quickly fell apart, and attacks on shipping resumed. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for resumed
  1. continued
  2. restarted
  3. reopened
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
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
  • 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, 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
Definition of reopened

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

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