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Resurgent means literally a "rising again". We may speak of a resurgent baseball team, a resurgent steel industry, the resurgence of jogging, or a resurgence of violence in a war zone. Resurgence is particularly prominent in its Italian translation, risorgimento. In the 19th century, when the Italian peninsula consisted of a number of small independent states, a popular movement known as the Risorgimento managed to unify the peninsula and create the modern state of Italy in 1870.
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Amid fears over resurgent inflation, the Fed has held off on cutting interest rates, despite major political pressure to do so.
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Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025
Another new apartments complex has been proposed for Detroit's once-desolate but now resurgent Brush Park neighborhood.
—Jc Reindl, Freep.com, 9 July 2025
Key measures of the economy have proven resilient in recent months, defying fears of resurgent inflation and a possible economic downturn.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 7 July 2025
Instead, the hot new online shooters were Overwatch (2016), Fortnite (2017), and a resurgent Call of Duty.
—ArsTechnica, 2 July 2025
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Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025
Another new apartments complex has been proposed for Detroit's once-desolate but now resurgent Brush Park neighborhood.
—Jc Reindl, Freep.com, 9 July 2025
Key measures of the economy have proven resilient in recent months, defying fears of resurgent inflation and a possible economic downturn.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 7 July 2025
Instead, the hot new online shooters were Overwatch (2016), Fortnite (2017), and a resurgent Call of Duty.
—ArsTechnica, 2 July 2025
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“Resurgent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/resurgent. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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resurgent
adjective
re·sur·gent
-jənt 
: undergoing or tending to produce resurgence
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