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
  • Whatever the trigger was, to prevent recurrence of the calamity, degassing facilities were installed at Lakes Monoun and Nyos to remove the continual buildup of carbon dioxide gas.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Taken for two to three years after surgery, these drugs reduce the risk of recurrence, a constant worry since ER-positive cancers can return even decades later.
    Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Veteran Daniele Rugani, who spent last season on loan at Ajax, showed his experience against Kylian Mbappe and maybe that his recent contract renewal was worthwhile after all.
    James Horncastle, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The entire first season is available now via Paramount+ and is currently pending news of a second season renewal.
    Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • There were also 36 deaths and 62 outbreaks.
    Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Meanwhile, improved biodetection and biodefense technologies, accelerated by genome writing efforts, will enhance global health while better protecting us from the next outbreak or pandemic.
    Big Think, Big Think, 20 Oct. 2025

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“Recrudescence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recrudescence. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.

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