All 3 Uses
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Flags of Our Fathers
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- The 28th threw all three of its battalions onto the line, and the hidden Japanese gunners resumed their harvest.†
Chpt 13. *
- When his surgery was complete, his obligations as a figure in The Photograph resumed.†
Chpt 17.
- Ira resumed his life at the Pima reservation south of Phoenix.†
Chpt 17.
Definitions:
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(resume as in: resume the meeting) begin or take againThis sense of resume generally means to begin again or continue after a pause. In usage like, "resumed her seat", it scan also mean to take again.
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(résumé as in: submitted her résumé) a brief summary of a person's qualifications to do something -- typically submitted with an employment applicationIn practice, résumé is often written without the accented e's.
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Less commonly, résumé can refer to any summary.