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 Nearly 1,000 people were arrested Saturday as nationwide protests resumed, France's Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez told reporters. — James Cirrone , Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026 Training resumed on October 1, after the company completed further assessments. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said earlier this week that Ukraine refrained from attacking Russian energy targets for three days but later resumed attacks, citing Russia's continued attacks on its infrastructure. — Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026 On October 1st, OpenAI resumed reinforcement learning training and internal inference with tighter security measures, the blog post says. — Emma Roth, The Verge, 23 Oct. 2026 The rollout has since resumed, and the changes have been made in five times as many ZIP codes for the 2026 midterms. — Ken B. Morales, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2026 Zelensky accused Moscow of breaking the apparent agreement and, in turn, resumed strikes against Russian oil facilities, defying pressure from Washington. — Olivia-Anne Cleary, Time, 21 Oct. 2026 Australia resumed 3-1 and endured a horrid first hour, losing another three wickets. — ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026 Northbound and southbound traffic on Highway 377 has resumed, but the disabled train continues to block eastbound and westbound traffic at the crossing, according to city officials. — Doug Myers, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for resumed
  1. continued
  2. restarted
  3. reopened
Verb
  • The chase then continued north before the car headed east on Highway 50 to elude authorities.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Rubio told reporters in the United States on Saturday before his departure that India had diversified its energy sources, but continued to buy substantial volumes of Russian oil, making an immediate shift to other suppliers difficult.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of continued
Verb
  • Stopping testosterone abruptly without PCT leaves the body in a temporary state of hypogonadism, meaning external testosterone is gone but natural production hasn’t restarted yet.
    — Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Palisades is expected to be the first nuclear plant in the world to resume generating power after beginning the decommissioning process, but other countries have restarted or refurbished reactors after long-term shutdowns, the association said.
    — Jennifer McDermott, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of restarted
Verb
  • China has tacitly accepted North Korea’s nuclear status, reopened its border with Pyongyang and continued to serve as its economic lifeline.
    — Dan Blumenthal, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
  • The New York Times reported in August that the Biden administration reopened the station in late 2024.
    — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of reopened

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“Resumed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resumed. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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