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recur

[ri-kur] / rɪˈkɜr /


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About 100 million ringgit in a one-off income booked in 2Q will not recur, while trading income could ease from a strong 1H base, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

In the remaining lore, myths recur of episodes of runaway planetary temperature changes, hot and cold, as well as a series of volcanic blasts that changed the globe.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

As the crowd filed out of the Herzog, one reaction seemed to recur more than any other: “That was wild.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

Much of the quarter's profit lift came from tariff refunds that had already come in, a one-off benefit that analysts say won't recur to the same extent.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

People stopped sleeping in their houses, terrified at the thought that such a disaster could recur, improvising tents in open spaces or sleeping in the middle of squares and streets.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

The combination of text and image recurs throughout Lynch’s paintings as well, where captions often make distressing narratives explicit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

The brilliance of these pairings recurs throughout the show, which is more than a curatorial coup.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 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

The pyramid shape recurs throughout history and in diverse cultures, many of which have thought the shape itself had magic powers.

From "The Annotated Mona Lisa" by Carol Strickland and John Boswell

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

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

It’s a thematic mix that has recurred, at varying intensities, throughout Lemon’s influential but branding-resistant career.

From New York Times ● Nov. 15, 2024

Ernest’s colitis recurred in 1956, a flare-up he attributed largely to stress over the unresolved fate of Chromatic.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

And there is a recurring sense of déjà vu in the language of the OBR.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

StoneX analyst Yi Fu Lee told MarketWatch that Microsoft looks like a standout software pick given its diversified streams of recurring revenue, exposure to AI through the cloud, and financial strength.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

The threshold of annual recurring revenue that Canadian cybersecurity startup 1Password has now surpassed, up from $400 million in November 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

His recurring segment “Nathan on Your Side” was the first use of a gauche interviewing style.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Again, again—and it was not the ear that heard the pulsing rhythm, it was the midriff; the wail and clang of those recurring harmonies haunted, not the mind, but the yearning bowels of compassion.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley


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