resurgent
rising or tending to rise again; reviving; renascent.
Origin of resurgent
1Other words from resurgent
- re·sur·gence, noun
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How to use resurgent in a sentence
After missing the playoffs in a disappointing 2019 campaign, Chicago had a resurgent regular season in 2020 but quickly crashed out of the postseason.
This Trade Deadline Could Break Up The Cubs’ Almost-Dynasty | Neil Paine (neil.paine@fivethirtyeight.com) | July 16, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightAdjusting to an old issue — and a resurgent one The data that landed on Mike Schmidt’s desk in early August 2020, when he took over as Multnomah County district attorney, was a carry-over from the early demonstrations and broad arrests.
Anarchists and an increase in violent crime hijack Portland’s social justice movement | Scott Wilson | May 31, 2021 | Washington PostThrough Sunday’s games, only one team — the resurgent Boston Red Sox — is on pace for at least 100 wins, while two — the Colorado Rockies and the Tigers — are on pace for fewer than 60.
Who’s Good And Bad In MLB This Year? We Don’t Really Know. | Neil Paine (neil.paine@fivethirtyeight.com) | May 10, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightIndianapolis is suddenly hanging on to the final playoff spot and faces a resurgent Texans team in two of its next three games.
How the NFL playoff picture is shaping up in Week 12 | Des Bieler | November 30, 2020 | Washington PostLater, Eater Los Angeles’ Mona Holmes discusses why a resurgent downtown restaurant scene has been completely hobbled by the fallout from the virus.
To target the resurgent Nazi movement, X-2 recruited some 13 agents in Munich and had another dozen under consideration.
Atlanta soon flourished, becoming the resurgent urban center of an otherwise impoverished South.
Atlanta’s Fall Foretold The End Of Civil War Bloodshed | Marc Wortman | September 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut will 9,800 troops be enough to keep a resurgent al Qaeda out?
Will Obama's 10,000 Troops in Afghanistan Be Enough to Stop Al Qaeda? | Eli Lake, Josh Rogin | May 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Crimean Tatars, however, who were shipped away to Kazakhastan by Stalin after WWII, have no desire to join a resurgent Russia.
Toll Brothers is just a smaller part of a larger story of a resurgent housing market in 2012.
Toll Brothers Rings Up Profits in Housing Comeback | Matthew Zeitlin | December 4, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTHe said it almost with a sneer, but nothing could crush the resurgent glow in her heart.
The Highgrader | William MacLeod RaineBut young Charley was more susceptible than most, and this—on the impulse of the next tide resurgent—saved him from his type.
The Killer | Stewart Edward WhiteThe idea that Milly might even now be resurgent fluttered Tims's pulses with a mixed emotion.
The Invader | Margaret L. WoodsWith the unheeded warning resurgent and clamoring in his ears, Smith knelt horror-stricken beside the fallen man.
The Real Man | Francis LyndeIts resurgent dirge stirs vague forebodings which root in the calamitous experience of the race.
The Mystery of The Barranca | Herman Whitaker
British Dictionary definitions for resurgent
/ (rɪˈsɜːdʒənt) /
rising again, as to new life, vigour, etc: resurgent nationalism
Derived forms of resurgent
- resurgence, noun
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