recrudescence

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Recent Examples of recrudescence Who would benefit from the end of community fluoridation and a recrudescence of tooth decay? Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024 Although the most powerful nations, including the U.S., have made intermittently successful efforts to stem the loss of tax revenue to offshore shelters, Abrahamian identifies these dynamics as the recrudescence of colonial extraction. Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024 With that comes the prerogative to employ medieval cruelties – recrudescences from pre-modern empire redeployed in the present. Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023 The coverage of Italy’s recent elections in the American press has portrayed the success of Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party as a sudden and dangerous recrudescence of Italy’s fascist past. Alexander Stille, The New Republic, 4 Oct. 2022 This is also evident in the recrudescence of the Little House on the Prairie look for younger women, a style that has historically been a favorite among the chronically abstinent. Cintra Wilson, The New York Review of Books, 11 Feb. 2020 All this will lead to a recrudescence of interesting political theory. The Economist, 19 June 2019 Only this wise, collegial institution prevents a recrudescence of World War II. Lionel Shriver, Harper's magazine, 10 Apr. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recrudescence
Noun
  • For younger women, this includes resources addressing fertility, family life, workforce reemergence, financial health and managing long-term risk of recurrence.
    Carolyn Bhakta, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2025
  • In a fifty-eight-year-old survivor of breast cancer with a strong family history of the disease, a new lump near the original site likely signals recurrence—intervention is warranted.
    Siddhartha Mukherjee, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
Noun
  • The bill would create a $550 charge for work authorization applications with renewal every six months.
    Elena Moore, NPR, 28 June 2025
  • Her passport renewal was rejected despite her current passport and other documents matching her gender identity.
    Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • That same outbreak strain was discovered in a FreshRealm facility during routine testing of its chicken fettuccine alfredo.
    Vanessa Romo, NPR, 19 June 2025
  • However, 2025 is shaping up to be the largest outbreak in 25 years.
    Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 18 June 2025

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“Recrudescence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recrudescence. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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