recurrence
Example Sentences
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Recurrence intervals are expected to be very long during this slow phase, but the potential for high-magnitude events, such as the 1755 Lisbon earthquake, remains and requires preparedness.
From Science Daily • Feb. 15, 2024
Recurrence works best when each return to a scene or idea gains further purchase on its meaning, complicating the argument.
From Washington Post • Apr. 20, 2022
Recurrence is also a common complaint, health experts told Fox News.
From Fox News • Aug. 4, 2020
Recurrence intervals are averages, and averages are tricky: ten is the average of nine and eleven, but also of eighteen and two.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 20, 2015
Recurrence of the exposure brought recurrence of the fever, and, if persisted in, finally produced a severe illness.
From History of the Gatling Gun Detachment, Fifth Army Corps, at Santiago With a Few Unvarnished Truths Concerning that Expedition by Parker, John H. (John Henry)
Vocabulary lists containing recurrence
"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce
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"Rip Van Winkle" by Washington Irving
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Vocabulary from Woodrow Wilson's "Fourteen Points" (1918)
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