as in to respond
to speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction
when I asked my daughter if she wouldn't mind picking up dinner on her way home from soccer practice, she rejoined, "Only if you wouldn't mind me taking out the pickup later tonight!"
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Recent Examples of rejoin
Santos became manager of the Hudson Valley Renegades, the Yankees’ High-A affiliate, in 2023 before rejoining the White Sox’ minor-league teams in the Southeast a year later.
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Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 17 Apr. 2025
Meloni also exited the show after 12 seasons, but rejoined the franchise in 2021 for its spinoff series, Law & Order: Organized Crime.
—Liza Esquibias, People.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Screenwriter Jack Thorne will also rejoin for the third installment and take cues from The Enola Holmes Mysteries by Nancy Springer.
—Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
McCullough, a 37-year veteran, rejoined the department following his retirement in 2021 as a colonel and operations bureau chief.
—Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 23 Apr. 2025
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Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 17 Apr. 2025
Meloni also exited the show after 12 seasons, but rejoined the franchise in 2021 for its spinoff series, Law & Order: Organized Crime.
—Liza Esquibias, People.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Screenwriter Jack Thorne will also rejoin for the third installment and take cues from The Enola Holmes Mysteries by Nancy Springer.
—Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
McCullough, a 37-year veteran, rejoined the department following his retirement in 2021 as a colonel and operations bureau chief.
—Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 23 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rejoin
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Just as importantly, the Hurricanes twice responded as the Capitals inched within a goal in the third.—
Aaron Beard,
Baltimore Sun,
13 May 2025
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Dozens of volunteer departments from across the state have responded to the fires, in addition to the military, U.S. Forest Service and other responders.—
Katie Rohman,
Twin Cities,
13 May 2025
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Shein did not immediately reply to a request for comment.—
Helen Reid,
USA Today,
4 May 2025
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Several TikTok users replied to her video, with a range of positive and negative comments.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
2 May 2025
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The spokesperson did not immediately answer the AP's questions regarding the practicality and feasibility of reopening Alcatraz or the agency's role in the future of the former prison given the National Park Service's control of the island.—
Lucia I Suarez Sang,
CBS News,
4 May 2025
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But his rebuke of Trump's policies answered one of Wall Street's biggest questions of this weekend: Would Buffett weigh in on the trade war and its massive disruptions?—
Maria Aspan,
NPR,
3 May 2025
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“Rejoin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rejoin. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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