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- What she did have was the résumé she'd put together, the recommendation by her previous employers, all the references from her students or their parents.†
p. 66.5 *résumé = a person's qualifications to do something
- "I brought my résumé," Iona began.†
p. 75.2
- Résumés are just words on paper, aren't they?†
p. 75.6résumés = brief written summaries of people's qualifications
- You said a résumé's not doing.†
p. 76.2résumé = a person's qualifications to do something
- I have references, and my résumé.†
p. 104.9
- He'd read her résumé.†
p. 109.9
Definitions:
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(1)
(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.