commencement
noun
an act or instance of commencing; beginning.
recommencement
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a word derived from
commencement.
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a word derived from
recommence.
recommenceverbto begin or commence again
Example Sentences
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One headwind not widely discussed by economists this year is the recommencement of federal student-loan repayments after a five-year moratorium put in place during the pandemic.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 24, 2025
The approval would be for the recommencement of operations at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant's No 6 reactor, followed by the No 7.
From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2025
In Kansas City, she started "Last Kiss" three times, and the audience, enchanted by her display of verisimilitude, grew louder with each recommencement.
From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2023
In early November, the “Moondance” musician asked the government of Northern Ireland to provide “a timeline and roadmap for the recommencement of live music.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 21, 2020
In the main, those common pastures and open fields which had not been enclosed by the beginning of this period, probably one-half of all England, remained unenclosed till the recommencement of the process long afterward.
From An Introduction to the Industrial and Social History of England by Edward Potts Cheyney
