Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for recur. Search instead for regur.
Definitions

recur

[ri-kur] / rɪˈkɜr /


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

But “Kiki” holds several themes that recur in Miyazaki’s work.

From Salon Jul. 30, 2026

Long-simmering frustration over the state's lack of accountability created the conditions for this "implosion", he told the BBC, adding that the architecture of social media makes such eruptions likely to recur.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

The intention is generous: to draw Golding into a wider contemporary conversation, to show how persistently his ideas recur.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

These changes do not always mean cancer is present, but they should be evaluated if they continue or recur.

From Science Daily Jul. 22, 2026

It has been suggested that the major ice ages on our planet, which recur every hundred million years or so, may be due to the interposition of interstellar matter between the Sun and the Earth.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

One line that recurs is an old Buddhist teaching, “Advance to paradise, retreat to hell.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

It's a theme that recurs on subsequent tracks - perhaps suggesting that BTS were wary about dipping their toes back into the choppy waters of fame.

From BBC Mar. 20, 2026

If the same pattern recurs, employment gains last month could be stronger than expected.

From MarketWatch Jan. 7, 2026

That conflict between “progress” and “tradition” has never been resolved, and recurs in every generation.

From Salon Dec. 7, 2025

Thus throughout history a struggle which is the same in its main outlines recurs over and over again.

From "1984" by George Orwell

Insurance company Allianz modeled how countries would fare if the five hottest years each experienced between 2014 and 2024 recurred in succession.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

Ireland centre Garry Ringrose withdrew from the British and Irish Lions starting line-up for the second Test in Australia, telling coaches that symptoms from a head knock a fortnight earlier had recurred.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2025

The Verdie role recurred over the nine seasons the show ran.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 25, 2025

As someone who has always had a masochistic streak, finding out that these sequences of cars speeding down darkened paths recurred in Lynch’s other works both delighted and horrified me.

From Salon Jan. 25, 2025

For several moments he had had the feeling of being back in a nightmare which had recurred from time to time throughout his life.

From "1984" by George Orwell

Another recurring market fear – the “SaaSpocalypse” – loomed large.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

According to the researchers, this recurring pattern illustrates the experimental nature of evolution.

From Science Daily Aug. 6, 2026

Some hospitals that provide emergency medical services but not trauma care, including Catalina Island Health and MLK hospital, are pushing for the county to help them by providing recurring disbursements of Measure B funds.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

Net dollar retention rate, a measure of recurring revenue retained from existing customers over 12 months, was 136% at the end of the second quarter, thanks to customers purchasing additional licenses and AI credit add-ons.

From MarketWatch Aug. 5, 2026

He continued to have recurring attacks of malaria and painful abscesses in his leg.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple




Vocabulary lists containing recur


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 12,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training