reappear
verb
re·ap·pear
(ˌ)rē-ə-ˈpir 
reappeared; reappearing; reappears
: to come back into view or show up for a second or subsequent time : to appear again
Darting down the corridor …, she reappeared moments later carrying glasses in filigreed silver holders …—
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David A. AndelmanBy year's end the insects have gone, only to reappear briefly in May.—A. R. Williams
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That may be why the dominant strains in American modernism (at least until the mid-twentieth century, when the sublime reappeared in the work of the Abstract Expressionists) cleaved to the factual, the intimate, the proximate.
—Sebastian Smee, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
If an object has no atmosphere, a star disappears and reappears much more sharply.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 4 May 2026
Tulare Lake was once the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi River, but it was drained to irrigate crops, and has reappeared only occasionally when floodwaters return.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
Algorithms shifted without ceremony, monetization features appeared, vanished, reappeared—more complex.
—Stephanie Hind, Rolling Stone, 1 May 2026
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Sebastian Smee, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
If an object has no atmosphere, a star disappears and reappears much more sharply.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 4 May 2026
Tulare Lake was once the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi River, but it was drained to irrigate crops, and has reappeared only occasionally when floodwaters return.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
Algorithms shifted without ceremony, monetization features appeared, vanished, reappeared—more complex.
—Stephanie Hind, Rolling Stone, 1 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for reappear
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“Reappear.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reappear. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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