REOPENED Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

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 Days after the government reopened, the department signed agreements handing billions in grant programs to other federal agencies. — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026 Shark Valley has reopened, according to a social media post by Everglades National Park, after several wildfires burned thousands of acres and prompted emergency closures in the area. — Sarah Perkel, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026 The library system reopened Martin Luther King Library in south Sacramento in mid-August, after an $8 million renovation, according to Coyl. — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 25 Aug. 2026 As if by magic, my heavy eyelids closed on a gray, industrial cityscape and reopened to breathtaking views of the southwest Scottish coastline. — Lucy Bruton, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Aug. 2026 Following additional upgrades, the space reopened in 2019 as the Cleve Carney Museum of Art. — Barbara Vitello, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026 Federal Boulevard reopened in north metro Denver after a motorcycle crash sent one person to the hospital with serious injuries and briefly closed the roadway, Westminster police said Saturday. — Katie Langford, Denver Post, 22 Aug. 2026 The nearby Henry Miller Memorial Library reopened Saturday, as did Deetjen’s Big Sur Inn, a lodging and restaurant that goes back to the 1930s. — Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2026 The interstate was closed in the area of the crash on Saturday morning while officials investigated, but has since reopened. — Nicholas Lentz, CBS News, 22 Aug. 2026

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The administration has resumed strikes after months of dormancy.

— Laura Romero, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026
Direct flights have resumed between India and China, a few old Silk Road trade routes have opened, and in March India relaxed rules around investment from Beijing.

— Evelyn Cheng,Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of resumed

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Iceland is headed toward rejecting a referendum that would have restarted negotiations to join the European Union more than a decade after previous talks died, the national broadcaster reported Sunday.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026
In May, Iran had already restarted some of its drone production during a six-week ceasefire, rapidly rebuilding military capabilities degraded by US-Israeli strikes, according to two sources familiar with US intelligence assessments.

— Mustafa Qadri, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2026

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In the letter, written after Eminem was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2022, Parton congratulated the rapper on the honor and encouraged him to continued creating work that inspires others.

— Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 25 Aug. 2026
The pursuit continued through Alvarado, north on I-35W, before ending near the Sam's Club in Burleson.

— S.E. Jenkins, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026

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