recurred; recurring
1
: to occur or appear again
the cancer recurred
a problem that keeps recurring
2
: to come again to mind
One of the staffer's comments, however, keeps recurring to me.—
Kevin R. Kosar
Kevin R. Kosar3
: to have recourse : resort
… are no longer willing to recur to Congress to repeal unconstitutional laws …—Joe Wolverton
Joe Wolverton4
: to go back in thought or discourse
… on recurring to my letters of that date …—Thomas Jefferson
Thomas JeffersonExamples of recur in a Sentence
There is only a slight chance that the disease will recur.
The same problem keeps recurring.
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Events like this have begun to feel ordinary—recurring evidence of the mismatch between aging infrastructure and an emerging ecological reality.
—Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
High-capacity cloud storage typically comes with recurring costs, especially at the multi-terabyte level.
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Proops appeared on the show during its first season and was a recurring guest over the years, appearing in over 100 episodes between the British and American versions combined.
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The failures of the intelligence community on Iraq’s WMDs produced systemic changes meant to keep botched calls like that one from recurring.
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Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
High-capacity cloud storage typically comes with recurring costs, especially at the multi-terabyte level.
—Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 6 Apr. 2026
Proops appeared on the show during its first season and was a recurring guest over the years, appearing in over 100 episodes between the British and American versions combined.
—Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 5 Apr. 2026
The failures of the intelligence community on Iraq’s WMDs produced systemic changes meant to keep botched calls like that one from recurring.
—Shane Harris, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2026
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“Recur.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recur. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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recur
verb
re·cur
ri-ˈkər 
recurred; recurring
1
: to go or come back in thought or discussion
2
: to come again into the mind
3
: to occur or appear again
Medical Definition
recur
intransitive verb
re·cur
ri-ˈkər
recurred; recurring
: to occur again after an interval
a disease likely to recur
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