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Definitions

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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However, a hamstring problem forced Hodgkinson to withdraw, regroup and retrain - only for the injury to reoccur 12 weeks later.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 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

Astragalus, and Peganum, are the most common; Muscoides, Plantaginacea reoccur, a curious leaved Composita? 10th.—Halted yesterday, and went out along the banks of the Turnuk: where I found twenty-six species not obtained before. 

From Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries by Griffith, William