noun
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the act of renewing or state of being renewed
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something that is renewed
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Example Sentences
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Many media observers, as well as Democratic FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez, found the timing of the FCC’s license renewal order suspicious, believing the incidents to be related.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
Lorne Michaels, “SNL’s” longtime executive producer, said the renewal proved that the show “keeps getting better every week.”
From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026
Stability, analysts say, can breed its own restlessness - particularly among younger voters less invested in legacy narratives and more drawn to renewal.
From BBC • May 5, 2026
But public communications attorney Andrew Jay Schwartzman told The Times last month that the bar for denying a renewal is high and any effort would be tied up in court on constitutional grounds.
From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026
The heat was almost gone out of the radiators: the cold iron fluting stem signal and admonition for sleeping, the little death, the renewal.
From "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner
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