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recurrence

noun as in repeated happening

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Example Sentences

So fearing a recurrence of the twisties can perpetuate the problem.

From Time

Understanding how atrocities happen is crucial to preventing their recurrence.

From Time

Hormone-blocking drugs can now cut the chance of recurrence.

We worry about the effectiveness and tolerability of treatment and about symptom recurrence.

Taku SEKINE ended his life, swept away by a serious depression following his public questioning - on social networks and on a specialized site - with a recurrence akin to real relentlessness.

From Eater

There is an old Jewish joke about the recurrence of the biblical flood.

The 91-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth II was rushed to hospital on Wednesday with a recurrence of the infection.

Worse, the recurrence of this whiny, unsympathetic caricature in a writer's work makes an unpleasant statement about the writer.

In other diseases, like diphtheria and pneumonia, they are soon lost,—hence the recurrence of such diseases.

My weary shoulders fairly ache as we pass through the constant, or tri-yearly, recurrence of the same experience.

The monotony, the incessant recurrence, had a disastrous effect on her nerves, suggesting wild and desperate impulses.

The 'periodic recurrence of intervals' here spoken of may be illustrated on the key-board of a piano.

We had things to eat I had never dreamed of, and may I be spared a recurrence of them in my future dreams!

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On this page you'll find 22 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to recurrence, such as: frequency, repetition, habituation, intermittence, reappearance, and regularity.

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

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