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reoccur

VERB
return
Synonyms
WEAK
come back go back hark back inverse invert lapse recrudesce recur regress relapse resume retrograde retrogress revert
VERB
recur
Synonyms
WEAK
be remembered be repeated come again come and go come back crop up again haunt thoughts iterate persist reappear recrudesce reiterate repeat return return to mind revert run through one's mind turn back

Example Sentences

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Do the themes in your collages reoccur in your poetry, music or films?

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2025

"We fixed the specific issue that caused the problem last year as our first priority and it cannot reoccur."

From BBC • Nov. 14, 2024

Rather, there are deterministic relationships in which certain genes go well or badly with other particular genes, and so similar patterns of genes reoccur, resulting in repeated patterns of evolution.

From Salon • Oct. 14, 2024

Once heart failure has occurred, it has a tendency to reoccur along with other health issues, such as kidney and muscle problems.

From Science Daily • May 24, 2024

Now the method used is schizophrenic: we solve the problem which already occured, with the hope that it won't reoccur in the future.

From The Brain, A Decoded Enigma by Moisa, Dorin Teodor

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.