resurgent
increasing or reviving after a period of decline or inactivity
Word origin: From Latin resurgere, to rise again.
Resurgent in a sentence
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The resurgent interest in vinyl records surprised the music industry.
A resurgent interest in vinyl records has revived pressing plants that had stood idle for decades.
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Verbal · Text Completion
The historian argued that the empire's collapse was not blank but the predictable outcome of decades of fiscal mismanagement that contemporaries had simply refused to acknowledge.
Using “resurgent” well
Resurgent describes something reviving or rising again after a period of decline or dormancy. It implies a comeback rather than a first appearance.
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