resumes 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of resume
as in continues
to begin again or return to after an interruption we resumed the game as soon as the rain had passed

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résumés

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noun

variants or resumes also resumés
plural of résumé
as in summaries
a short statement of the main points a book on the assassination that is in effect a résumé of all of the evidence that points to a conspiracy

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Recent Examples of resumes
Verb
When the game resumes today, he has since been traded to Boston, and takes over behind the plate for Reese McGuire, who has been released. — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026 Lindsay Clancy's murder trial resumes Tuesday in Massachusetts with more testimony from a forensic psychologist hired by the prosecution. — Jordyn Jagolinzer, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026 Instead, as the circuit resumes after a summer break with the Dutch Grand Prix, everyone’s wondering if Kimi Antonelli’s lead is insurmountable. — Beau Dure, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026 JPMorgan resumes Salesforce at overweight JPMorgan reinstated Salesforce and sees plenty of upside. — Michael Bloom, CNBC, 13 Aug. 2026 When the surveillance footage resumes about an hour later, a man can be heard shouting, but the words are unintelligible, and a vehicle horn sounds. — Kansas City Star, 10 Aug. 2026 After an opening week of wrenching testimony and a jury trip to the home where Lindsay Clancy strangled her three children, her murder trial resumes Monday with more testimony about the killings in a coastal Massachusetts town in 2023. — ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026 With no proceedings on July 28, Patrick Clancy is expected to return to the stand when the trial resumes on Wednesday, July 29. — Melina Khan, USA Today, 28 July 2026
Noun
Jed Hoyer’s front office went on a buying spree before the trade deadline, adding three pitchers (Peterson, Gausman and Clay Holmes) who, combined, have five All-Star selections and 40 postseason appearances on their resumes. — Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026 But 64% believe that their resumes are optimized for application tracking systems. — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026 These stocks could be among the biggest beneficiaries if yields continue to fall and among the most vulnerable if the sell-off resumes. — Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026 Classes were offered in Microsoft Office programming so people could learn how to prepare resumes and develop other workplace skills. — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026 More than 98% of Fortune 500 companies now use ATS to screen resumes, prioritizing some over others before a human lays eyes on the applications. — Julia Korn, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 This argument didn't make much sense either, considering only 13 quarterbacks have won more than one Super Bowl, yet 36 have been enshrined, many of whom have lesser resumes than Stafford. — Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 14 Aug. 2026 Mansour and Lopes Lara met as classmates at MIT, and with companies like Goldman Sachs, Palantir, Citadel, and Bridgewater Associates on their collective resumes, they were likely headed down lucrative careers in tech and finance. — Preston Fore, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for resumes
  1. continues
  2. summaries
  3. restarts
  4. digests
  5. reopens
Verb
  • Slack continues to be a bright spot in the results — a major reversal from a couple years ago, when the company was maligned for paying too much to acquire the workplace messaging app during the Covid-19 pandemic.
    — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Nvidia doubled its revenue and profit year-over-year in its second quarter, and forecast sales in the current quarter that topped analyst estimates, as red-hot demand for its AI chips continues to bolster the company’s fortunes.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of continues
Noun
  • The memo provides a summary of the agreement between Google and Entergy, as well as summaries of testimony provided by Entergy officials in support of the contract.
    — Sydney Sasser, Arkansas Online, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Structuring this with clean schema, FAQs and listicles ensures both AI summaries and real searchers choose our client’s sites.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of summaries
Verb
  • Picking at a bite or the scab reinjures the skin and restarts the inflammation cycle, which makes dark spots more likely and more stubborn.
    — Leslie Baumann, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The real test will come if the district restarts the pilot and shows that the technology can support learning without putting student privacy at risk.
    — Jesse Watson, FOXNews.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of restarts
Noun
  • This is because the fermentation process involved in making sourdough bread pre-digests, or breaks down, some of the wheat components—including gluten.
    — Christina Manian, Health, 29 May 2026
  • Momentum is firm and trending higher even as the price digests.
    — Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 20 Apr. 2026
Definition of digests
Verb
  • Another restaurant venture, Deepwell, will open in Mooresville around the time Kindred reopens.
    — Eva Flowe August 26, Charlotte Observer, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Iran’s parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf issued another list of demands today, saying the US needs to fulfill them before Tehran reopens the Strait of Hormuz.
    — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of reopens

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

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