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adjective

resurgent

rising again as to new life and vigor

In a sentence

Six example sentences with resurgent, each labelled with its topic.

  • A resurgent franchise that had missed the playoffs six straight years suddenly filled the arena every Friday night.

    Basketball

  • Shipyards that stood empty for a decade are resurgent, hiring welders faster than the local college can train them.

    Economics

  • Vinyl looked finished in 2005, yet a resurgent market now supports pressing plants that had shut their doors entirely.

    Music

  • A resurgent opposition party won back forty seats after a decade in which it had barely registered in polls.

    Politics

  • The resurgent wolf population now numbers three hundred, and elk have stopped grazing the riverbanks bare.

    Environment

  • A resurgent arcade scene has opened cabinets in cities where the last machines went dark twenty years ago.

    Gaming

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