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relapse

[ri-laps, ri-laps, ree-laps] / rɪˈlæps, rɪˈlæps, ˈri læps /




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Relapse rates remained low among those who responded, particularly among the strongest responders.

From Science Daily • Jan. 20, 2026

Skies, who adopted her great-grandmother's name, said she co-wrote Madeline, Sleepwalking, Let You W/in, which she described as "my fave", as well as Dallas Major, Relapse and Beg For Me.

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2025

Relapse is generally accepted as a natural part of recovery.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2025

Relapse can happen if no other treatment is used during and after ECT.

From Slate • Dec. 21, 2022

The play was altered from Vanbrugh's "Relapse;" and the audience, supposing it was a new piece, on finding themselves deceived, expressed a considerable degree of disapprobation.

From Beaux and Belles of England Mrs. Mary Robinson, Written by Herself, With the lives of the Duchesses of Gordon and Devonshire by Robinson, Mary




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