reboot
verb (used with object)
to restart (a computer) by loading the operating system; boot again.
is rebooting
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present progressiveof reboot (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Billy is the star of the original “Camp Miasma” that Kris is rebooting, and she’s just given Kris permission to be as weird as she needs to be in order to come.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2026
Toyota is rebooting its strategy for India, doubling down on a bet that emerging markets will learn to love its hybrids, as long as the price is right.
From Reuters ● Aug. 22, 2022
The gregarious executive, a quintessential New York power player who spent 27 years at HBO and left eight months after AT&T became its owner, is rebooting himself as a producer.
From New York Times ● Jan. 2, 2020
Scholastic Entertainment is rebooting the TV series about the giant dog with an equally large heart this week on Amazon Prime Video and PBS, the latter his home since the early aughts.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 4, 2019
ABC is rebooting the long-running sitcom ‘Roseanne’ amid a push for more depictions of working-class America.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 21, 2018
