recur

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Tillmans’ interest in stargazing goes back to his adolescence, and images of the moon and cosmos recur in his work.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

The Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, which compiles the CPI, seasonally adjusts the results to erase patterns that recur each year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

"However, to ensure that such failures never recur, a broader understanding is needed -- one that encompasses the inter-organisational and inter-hierarchical interfaces that have not yet been examined," he added.

From Barron's • Nov. 10, 2025

Although astronomers have not observed any nova events in this system in recent history, such outbursts often recur every few thousand years.

From Science Daily • Nov. 9, 2025

My mother has given me pictures to dream—nightmare babies that recur, shrinking again and again to fit in my palm.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston