What's the difference between renewal and reprise?
Renewal
Definition:
(n.) The act of renewing, or the state of being renewed; as, the renewal of a treaty.
Example Sentences:
(1) Chapter one Announcement of the Islamic Caliphate The announcement of the renewal of the caliphate in Iraq in the year 1427AH [2006] was the arbiter between division and separation as well as the glory of the Muslims.
(2) But soon after aid workers departed, barrel bombs dropped by Syrian helicopters caused renewed destruction.
(3) The playing fields on which all those players began their journeys have been underfunded for years and are now facing a renewed crisis because of cuts to local authority budgets.
(4) Without a renewables target, Energy Department officials said, it would be possible for a large proportion of this shortfall to be met by gas-fired power generation.
(5) While there has been almost no political reform during their terms of office, there have been several ambitious steps forward in terms of environmental policy: anti-desertification campaigns; tree planting; an environmental transparency law; adoption of carbon targets; eco-services compensation; eco accounting; caps on water; lower economic growth targets; the 12th Five-Year Plan; debate and increased monitoring of PM2.5 [fine particulate matter] and huge investments in eco-cities, "clean car" manufacturing, public transport, energy-saving devices and renewable technology.
(6) We know that from the rapid take up of crowd funded renewables investors are actively looking for a more secure option.
(7) The statistics underline the significant strides being taken by the industry to meet a government drive to reduce Britain's carbon emissions, although the scale of renewable energy subsidies remains controversial.
(8) Under pressure from many backbenchers, he has tightened planning controls on windfarms and pledged to "roll back" green subsidies on bills, leading to fears of dwindling support for the renewables industry.
(9) And that is why we have taken bold action at home – by making historic investments in renewable energy; by putting our people to work increasing efficiency in our homes and buildings; and by pursuing comprehensive legislation to transform to a clean energy economy.
(10) One of these models, the cognitivo-behavioural approach developed by Beck since 1963, seems to be gaining a renewed interest in psychiatric circles, especially in North America.
(11) Mahler's Second Symphony - that song of love, renewal, and spiritual growth that Abbado has been singing for more than 40 years.
(12) "The coalition must keep its promise to be the greenest government ever by making it easier for renewable energy projects to take off – and creating a well-funded green investment bank focused on making Britain a world leader in a developing a low-carbon economy."
(13) The introduction of transdermal delivery systems has renewed the controversy regarding the efficacy of the drug, mainly in the light of the development of tolerance.
(14) Rather than challenging the Lib Dem policy on Trident, Miliband chose to criticise Cameron's comments about the renewal of Trident in last Thursday's leadership debate.
(15) The typical balance of power on Capitol Hill over surveillance is such that opponents of renewing Section 702 face strong political headwinds.
(16) The applications for renewals of UK passports from people living overseas that were opened this week date back to 29 April.
(17) But an industrialist embedded in his department told the Guardian that ministers were now internally questioning renewable power and other schemes that involved substantial public subsidies.
(18) The shock death of the 65-year-old designer in Miami on Thursday has brought renewed focus on the chronic lack of female representation in the profession’s upper ranks in the UK.
(19) But this no-nonsense venue, just 10km but a world away from parliament, is the latest stop in a national pro-renewables tour that is making the Abbott government decidedly uncomfortable.
(20) The Labour leadership is understood to be pressing for its MPs to abstain on the grounds that the party’s policy is under review and the real vote on Trident will come in the decisive “main gate” decision on renewal next year.
Reprise
Definition:
(n.) A taking by way of retaliation.
(n.) Deductions and duties paid yearly out of a manor and lands, as rent charge, rent seck, pensions, annuities, and the like.
(n.) A ship recaptured from an enemy or from a pirate.
(v. t.) To take again; to retake.
(v. t.) To recompense; to pay.
Example Sentences:
(1) In Gove's groves of academe, high achievers will be more clearly set apart, laurels for the winners in his regime of fact and rote, 1950s grammar schools reprised, rewarding those who already thrive under any system.
(2) It's a free-for-all," one local Christian activist, who asked not to be named for fear of reprisals, said before police re-entered the town.
(3) The effects of such actions – presidential demonizing, threats of legal reprisal – are pernicious.
(4) Twitchfilm reported yesterday that Ford was in early talks to reprise his role as the future cop, who is tasked with hunting down a gang of rogue bioengineered humanoids, called "replicants", in Scott's earlier film, itself based on the Philip K Dick novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
(5) For the record Rock said after the show that he would reprise his role, adding: "Who knows if they would want me again."
(6) Unicef also called for the immediate release of children associated with armed forces and groups, and their protection from reprisals.
(7) Tens of thousands of civilians fleeing the vast, arid north say they are caught between the militants and brutal army reprisals.
(8) The reprisals against human rights defenders, political activists and journalists I’ve described are not nearly a complete list.
(9) The quartet wrestles its way to the end of Shostakovich's unquiet masterpiece, the reprised Largo with its complex contrition and very adult fears.
(10) Seoul and its allies now face the dilemma of how to respond, as the South Korean public becomes increasingly restive over what many see as the North's immunity from reprisals.
(11) Part of this financing has been replaced by alternative credit providers, which are creating new regulatory challenges.” Reprising recent warnings about widening income inequality in many rich countries, the OECD notes a relatively poor performance in the UK: Income inequality is high.
(12) Cameron is not expected to hold a formal bilateral meeting with the US president, who is leading the international drive for armed reprisals for Assad's apparent chemical weapons attacks.
(13) Around 1,600 French soldiers have been deployed in the CAR to halt violent reprisals between religious factions that have left at least 465 people dead since last Thursday, according to the Red Cross.
(14) It was only in the late 1990s that German Sr reprised work on the film, and continued to do so until the end of his life.
(15) Indeed he is, with extra brownie points for brown-nosing Hanks with a love-in sketch reprising the great man’s career .
(16) But he is considered an even greater liability as the country has descended into chaos amid reprisal attacks from mainly Christian militias against the largely Muslim rebel group.
(17) Lu, who declined to give her full name for fear of reprisals, has a short bob haircut, a round face and soft, lilting voice that belies an undercurrent of outrage.
(18) Let’s get this one made and that will reinvigorate the franchise and then we’ll go on to maybe doing a more conventional third sequel as we were planning and another idea I have for it.” Aykroyd, who co-wrote the first two Ghostbusters movies and starred as eccentric parapsychologist Ray Stantz, spent several years trying to convince original co-star Bill Murray to reprise his role as Peter Venkman in a followup to 1984’s Ghostbusters and 1989 sequel Ghostbusters 2.
(19) The message was a reprise of the commitment to engagement approach he signalled in his inaugural address and was made in an emollient tone that contrasted sharply with that used by George Bush, who included the Islamic Republic in his "axis of evil".
(20) Many of these killings appear to be reprisals following attacks.