as in to continue
to begin again or return to after an interruption
we resumed the game as soon as the rain had passed
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or resume
also resumé
as in summary
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 resume
Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 July 2025
Recovery efforts were set to resume on Saturday and will continue as the tide permits, officials said.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 12 July 2025
Sonal Nain
alex Backus
cameron Schoppa, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025
Over the course of four weeks, the workshops cover various topics such as time, money and stress management, workspace scenarios and creating a resume, preparing attendees for the workforce with a heavy focus on mentality.
—Ramal Nasim
updated July 10, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2025
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Verb
Recovery teams in West Kerr County were allowed to resume their efforts just after 2 p.m. local time Sunday, a post on Facebook from Kerr County said.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 July 2025
Recovery efforts were set to resume on Saturday and will continue as the tide permits, officials said.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 12 July 2025
Noun
Things are too expensive, jobs are quickly changing with AI, applying for jobs online seems like throwing your resume into a black hole, friends and family are spread all over the place, and more and more young people are living back at home with parents.
—Sonal Nain
alex Backus
cameron Schoppa, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025
Over the course of four weeks, the workshops cover various topics such as time, money and stress management, workspace scenarios and creating a resume, preparing attendees for the workforce with a heavy focus on mentality.
—Ramal Nasim
updated July 10, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2025
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Verb
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The Secret of Us, the second full-length from Abrams, is growing by leaps and bounds on a number of albums rankings at the same time, and that trend could continue.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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The Iron Bottom Sound expedition is scheduled to continue through July 23 and is funded by NOAA Ocean Exploration.—
Mark Price
Updated July 8,
Miami Herald,
8 July 2025
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That includes Call Notes (an automatic summary of your phone call), and support for the Pixel Screenshots app.—
Julian Chokkattu,
Wired News,
10 July 2025
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The summary points above were compiled with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in the Miami Herald newsroom.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
10 July 2025
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United will be the first American carrier to restart flights to Israel since the Middle Eastern nation closed its airspace on June 13 amid its latest war with Iran.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
10 July 2025
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In addition to restarting interest accrual, the Education Department resumed collections on overdue loans in May.—
Alicia Adamczyk,
Fortune,
9 July 2025
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Now read the latest Apple headlines impacting the iPhone 16e in Forbes’ weekly smartphone news digest...—
Ewan Spence,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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Now read more about the Pixel 10 Pro Fold and Google’s latest Android updates in Forbes’ weekly smartphone news digest...—
Ewan Spence,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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The Star could not reach staff to confirm if Big D had reopened.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
8 July 2025
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Since reopening after three years of pandemic closure, Hong Kong has come roaring back as a destination for readers, who have enthusiastically returned to their favorite hotels (or to scope out new ones).—
John Wogan,
Travel + Leisure,
8 July 2025
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But just like the dollars that will stay in many taxpayers' pockets and add $3.8 trillion to the national debt, there are large sums for industry packed into the 870-page law, making several winners and losers.—
Jim Sergent,
USA Today,
11 July 2025
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That goes against the agreement to transfer money, but Allam, to this point, has not pushed the issue, and those sums effectively stand as an interest-free loan.—
Philip Buckingham,
New York Times,
10 July 2025
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“Resume.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resume. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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