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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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He would do the same again if such an unfortunate event were ever to reoccur.

From BBC • May 13, 2025

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

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2025

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

It is singular, however, that this form should reoccur at higher elevations in the Neotropical Region.

From Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)

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