resume
verb (used with object)
to take up or go on with again after interruption; continue.
is resuming
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present progressiveof resume (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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“That dynamic likely keeps inflation risks elevated enough to leave the Fed on hold, pending clearer evidence that inflation is resuming its path lower.”
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 15, 2026
Vinh said increasing shipments of Nvidia’s Blackwell Ultra hardware would drive growth and noted the company was raising production of its older Hopper chips, which could mean it is resuming shipments to China.
From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2025
An employment tribunal involving a female nurse and a transgender doctor, which has become the latest front in the battle over gender policy, is resuming in Dundee.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2025
Matthew Gayle, her son, is resuming a sailing trip he cut short exactly five years earlier when he learned of a shooting at his mother’s workplace.
From New York Times ● May 31, 2024
When the stoker resumes his place, he naturally imagines that he is resuming it upon the former conditions, and no one undeceives him.
From Socialism, Revolution and Internationalism by Gabriel Deville
