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restart

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verb

  1. to start again

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

    1. the act or an instance of starting again

      the restart of the lap

    2. ( as modifier )

      a restart device

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Appeared in the October 24, 2025, print edition as 'Key Plant Restart Hastened'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

In 2020, he was appointed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to serve on the state’s Environmental Justice Council, spearheading the state’s Water Restart Grant Program.

From Salon • Apr. 28, 2025

In April 2020, Republican Gov. Tate Reeves appointed Edwards as one of several members of Restart Mississippi, a commission to advise him on the economy as COVID-19 spread.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 9, 2024

You might receive some much-needed inspiration from reading “The Restart Roadmap: Rewire and Reset Your Career,” by “Trading Secrets” podcaster Jason Tartick.

From Washington Post • Apr. 3, 2023

Earlier this year, Restart Project also launched two permanent sites or "Fixing Factories" in London.

From BBC • Aug. 10, 2022

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