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 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 After a two-month dry spell, Strategy has resumed its Bitcoin buying spree. — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026 Turkey has resumed selling arms and even entered into co-production agreements for locally assembling its drones in Egypt. — Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026 At Dhunge Bazaar after the rain had cleared — three JCB diggers resumed the painstaking task of reopening the road up to the China border where communities are still stranded following deadly landslides on Wednesday. — Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026 The administration, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, argued the war was over with a ceasefire and that hostilities then resumed. — Bart Jansen, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026 The basketball series resumed in 2021, where the Tigers have one win in the five years. — Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 28 Aug. 2026 Shanahan resumed full head coaching duties, which included calling plays at practice for the first time since the accident, over the weekend. — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 24 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for resumed
  1. continued
  2. restarted
  3. reopened
Verb
  • 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
Definition of continued
Verb
  • 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
Definition of restarted
Verb
  • 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
Definition of reopened

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“Resumed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resumed. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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