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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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"We are correcting those mistakes. Today, we are formally declaring a Type A mishap and ensuring leadership accountability so situations like this never reoccur."

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2025

The mpox vaccines are the same vaccines for smallpox and already companies are scrambling to produce enough to ensure bottlenecks from the 2022 outbreak don't reoccur.

From Salon • Aug. 17, 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

The historic record of seismicity in California is too short to determine confidently how often large earthquakes reoccur.

From An Assessment of the Consequences and Preparations for a Catastrophic California Earthquake: Findings and Actions Taken Prepared By Federal Emergency Management Agency by Various

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