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renewal

[ ri-noo-uhl, -nyoo- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Origin of renewal¹

First recorded in 1675–85; renew + -al ²

Set among the vacant houses of suburban New Mexico, the film offers a bleak perspective on the possibility of growth and renewal.

“Escort” sounds like I would need to look into service renewal.

We would have considered an algae bloom to be a welcome sign of ecological renewal.

Freedom, the book says, is precarious, it must be won every day and can only be found through constant renewal.

Discretionary spending comes up every year for renewal; the biggest-ticket item in that category is the defense budget.

The fight went on briskly till night, when the combatants agreed to postpone its renewal for five days.

She saw the old life closing in on her, and hardly heeded his fanciful picture of renewal.

Her children were to her what they are to many mothers for a long period of time,—a sort of renewal of their own existence.

The circumstance which gave rise to this motion was the renewal of the charter with the Bank of England.

A third act was passed, imposing restrictions on the renewal of leases by ecclesiastical persons.

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