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How to use reboot in a sentence

31 example sentences · noun, verb

Reboot means an instance of rebooting. Example: “We need to reboot the system after installing these updates.”

Examples of reboot by meaning

nounA fresh start.

  • We need a reboot.2008 December 24, Thomas L. Friedman, “Time to Reboot America”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
  • Other reboots of beloved restaurants, like the Four Seasons, have failed.2020 February 14, Florence Fabricant, “The Beloved West Village Restaurant Barbuto Gets a Reboot”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

nounThe restarting of a series' storyline without discarding previous continuity.

  • As well as Ari Parker’s starring role, the reboot will introduce three characters played by people of colour, with Sara Ramirez, Karen Pittman and Sarita Choudhury to join the quartet.2021 August 22, Clea Skopeliti, “Nicole Ari Parker to join Sex and the City reboot in place of Kim Cattrall”, in The Guardian

verbTo execute a computer's boot process, effectively resetting the computer and causing the operating system to reload...

  • We need to reboot the system after installing these updates.
  • The system reboots every weekend after updates are installed.
  • NASA is once again trying to reboot the Hubble Space Telescope, agency officials said.2008 October 24, Dennis Overbye, “Another Effort to Reboot Telescope”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

verbTo start afresh.

  • They rebooted the TV series, but it's even worse than the original.
  • What are the first steps to rebooting your business?2013 May 21, Dan Schawbel, “Mitch Joel: How To Reboot Your Business And Your Life”, in Forbes
  • As the Republican National Convention kicks off Monday, Donald Trump has a tremendous opportunity to rebrand and reboot his campaign, to make it look and feel more professional and less petulant.2016 July 18, Charles M. Blow, “Trump’s Chance to Reboot”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

verbRestart; to return to an initial configuration or state.

  • Egg farmers do this to reboot birds' internal clocks so they start laying valuable eggs faster and, crucially, at the same time.2011, J. Morris Hicks, Healthy Eating, Healthy World, →ISBN, page 119

More sentences with reboot

  • My computer had a crash so I had to reboot it.From the entry crash
  • My computer keeps glitching; every couple of hours it just reboots without warning.From the entry glitch
  • Did the server just go down again? We'll have to reboot it.From the entry go down
  • My PC keeps bugging out and rebooting for no reason.From the entry bug out
  • The company is also developing a reboot of "The Thomas Crown Affair," and Mr."Michael B. Jordan Adopts an Inclusion Rider for His Company" by Daniel Victor, The New York Times (2018). From the entry inclusion rider
  • Yet, from reboots to genre revivals, nostalgia remains a powerful force in pop culture.2015 November 15, Robert Trussell, “Awash in nostalgia”, in The Kansas City Star, volume 136, number 59, Kansas City, Mo., page 12D. From the entry anemoia
  • It's as if my brain is slowly rebooting, just like the Media Center PC.2010, The Jennifer Morgue, Charles Stross. From the entry scary devil monastery
  • I get just as sick as everyone else when I see new remakes, reboots, sequels, sequels and even squeakquels.2023 April 11, Adam Beam, “Does Hollywood really have an originality problem?”, in The Slate, volume 66, number 16, page B1. From the entry squeakquel
  • The Axeman movie had barely washed its face at the box office, and was already expected to suffer a reboot.2017, Tim Walker, Smoke Over Malibu, page 115. From the entry wash its face
  • I expect the real deal would induce nothing more permanent than an inconveniently-timed reboot, if it can even exist.2013 December 29, RecArtsSfPolicyWonk, “What Did You Watch? 2013-12-29 (Saturday)”, in rec.arts.tv (Usenet), message-ID…. From the entry Langford's Basilisk
  • Mordru is just being reintroduced in the LSH reboot.1997 January 20, Christopher L. Tumber, “Re: [OverPower] Which skill will now Dominate Tournaments?”, in rec.games.trading-cards.misc…. From the entry Vertigoverse
  • For now, it’s hard to conclude that Sunak will succeed in rebooting a government that’s been reset more times than most people’s Gmail passwords.2023 June 30, Marina Hyde, “The tide is coming in fast on Rishi Sunak – and it’s full of sewage”, in The Guardian. From the entry gmail
  • Guardian Australia understands the Liberal states have caucused, and they want the newly elected Morrison government to reboot the Neg, or something very like it.2019 June 21, Katharine Murphy, “Australia's energy future: the real power is not where you’d think”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry caucus
  • Chibnall, like Moffat, like Davies, like Capaldi, Tennant, and many others involved in the triumphant reboot, is a lifelong Doctor Who fan.22 December 2016, The Conversation UK. From the entry a new broom sweeps clean, but an old broom knows the corners
  • The system will continue the cycle of panic, reboot, and panic as it attempts to reload the faulty driver every time it reboots after panic.2010, Solaris system engineers, “Managing Devices”, in Solaris 10 System Administration Essentials (Solaris System Administration Series)…. From the entry panic
  • Reboot it and let's start again.2009 December 15, Station X, “Is anyone going to listen to LPONS with Digital Radio?”, in aus.radio.broadcast (Usenet), retrieved 31 Jul…. From the entry f`num``num`k
  • TLC: What do you say to the Legion fans who have become disenfranchised with the series due to its various retcons and reboots?2003, Glen Cadigan, The Legion Companion, page 152. From the entry retcon
  • WhatCulture put the idea to revered gaming industry personality Rhianna Pratchett - Tomb Raider reboot writer, unofficial custodian of all things Discworldian, and of course Terry's daughter.2014 July 8, Henry Dowling, “Terry Pratchett's Discworld: 9 Steps To Create The Perfect Game”, in WhatCulture, archived from the original…. From the entry Discworldian
  • As a reboot, Man of Steel is pretty much required to give us Superman's backstory, but that doesn't have to be the arc of the whole movie.2010 October 12, Scott Meslow, “5 Ways to Revive the 'Superman' Franchise”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 01 Oct 2022. From the entry CliffsNotes version
  • Cruise, her longtime producing partner, in agreeing a year and a half ago to reboot it as their own venture with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, which had previously owned the company outright.2008 April 23, Michael Cieply, “The Nazi Plot That’s Haunting Tom Cruise and United Artists”, in New York Times. From the entry gossipfest
  • If your new driver has an error that panics the system when you load the driver, then the system will panic again when it tries to reboot after the panic.2010, Solaris system engineers, “Managing Devices”, in Solaris 10 System Administration Essentials (Solaris System Administration Series)…. From the entry panic

Meaning of reboot

  1. noun An instance of rebooting.
  2. noun A fresh start.
  3. noun The restarting of a series' storyline, discarding all previous continuity.

Full definition of reboot

Questions about reboot in a sentence

How do you use reboot in a sentence?
Reboot is used as a noun and verb. For example: “We need to reboot the system after installing these updates.”
What is a short sentence with reboot?
“We need a reboot.”
What does reboot mean?
Reboot means an instance of rebooting.

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