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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That includes hundreds of millions of dollars in recurring funding that had shifted from the state’s to the city’s responsibility over the years.
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Some staff are said to prioritize the friendly faces and recurring guests of the club— but what space isn’t?
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Christopher Elliott, Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2026
That includes hundreds of millions of dollars in recurring funding that had shifted from the state’s to the city’s responsibility over the years.
—Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 16 Feb. 2026
Some staff are said to prioritize the friendly faces and recurring guests of the club— but what space isn’t?
—Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Feb. 2026
That approach lowers costs at the source, keeps families in the district, and restores real ownership instead of treating homeownership like a recurring tax base for government.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
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“Recur.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recur. Accessed 18 Feb. 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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