as in to appear
to appear again after not being seen, felt, etc., for a period of time
We watched the fireflies in the field vanish and then reappear. Call the doctor if the symptoms reappear.
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Recent Examples of reappear
As brush is cleared and pathways reopen, headstones belonging to College Park's first African American veterans, educators, morticians, community leaders, and generations of local families are beginning to reappear.
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Nakell Williams, CBS News, 27 May 2026
When leaders return to their daily lives, the same pressures reappear.
—Sonia Singh, Rolling Stone, 26 May 2026
When continuity of care breaks down, the consequences eventually reappear inside emergency rooms, homeless shelters and criminal justice systems.
—Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2026
While some of Guadalajara’s upscale neighborhoods have escaped the violence, families across the metropolitan area have seen hundreds of children disappear, some to reappear, dead, on cartel battlefields across Jalisco and in the states of Sinaloa and Michoacán, searchers said.
—Steve Fisher, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2026
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Nakell Williams, CBS News, 27 May 2026
When leaders return to their daily lives, the same pressures reappear.
—Sonia Singh, Rolling Stone, 26 May 2026
When continuity of care breaks down, the consequences eventually reappear inside emergency rooms, homeless shelters and criminal justice systems.
—Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2026
While some of Guadalajara’s upscale neighborhoods have escaped the violence, families across the metropolitan area have seen hundreds of children disappear, some to reappear, dead, on cartel battlefields across Jalisco and in the states of Sinaloa and Michoacán, searchers said.
—Steve Fisher, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reappear
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Dodgers left-hander Justin Wrobleski shouted two words — the first of which didn’t appear to be fit for print — and strode off the mound, the icy expression on his face frozen in place all the way to the dugout.—
Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2026
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Beijing’s support does not appear to have extended to directly arming the Naxals, however.—
Dhruv Tikekar,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026
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Another showed the roof destroyed, with rubble scattered on the ground as emergency responders surveyed the aftermath.—
Chantal Da Silva,
NBC news,
4 June 2026
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Displays show campaign ephemera and memorabilia, from Shepard Fairey’s iconic HOPE poster to children’s drawings.—
Jacqui Palumbo,
CNN Money,
4 June 2026
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“Reappear.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reappear. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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