as in renewed
to occur again
She had a recurring dream in which she could fly.
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Recent Examples of recurred
In the scripted world, Reilly has recurred as a waitress on the CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful since 2010.
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Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Dec. 2025
But, in the third section, the motifs that have recurred, albeit modestly, in the two earlier ones now burst out to dominate the action and, in the process, cast the previous stories in their retrospective light.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
Walsh left Grey’s Anatomy as a series regular in 2007 to lead ABC spinoff series Private Practice, and has since recurred on Grey’s.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 4 Dec. 2025
There also was Carrie Fisher, who hilariously recurred as a vengeful ex of Jake’s who is bent on destroying him — with ever-increasing firepower and futility.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 3 Dec. 2025
Managing the nation’s 1,900-mile border with Mexico is daunting even without surges of migrants that have repeatedly recurred in recent years, the DOJ said in its filing.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 17 Nov. 2025
This study aimed to find an option for patients whose cancer recurred even after standard therapy.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 12 Nov. 2025
This dynamic marred the 2012-13 Hurricane Sandy package and has recurred in other disaster bills, not because relief is illegitimate but because speed plus political cover invites provisions that would die in regular order.
—Veronique De Rugy, Oc Register, 7 Nov. 2025
Pamela Adlon, who recurred in Season 1 as Bunny’s sister Mindy, was expected to make more regular appearances in Season 2, filling the void left by Lavin.
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 29 Sep. 2025
Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Dec. 2025
But, in the third section, the motifs that have recurred, albeit modestly, in the two earlier ones now burst out to dominate the action and, in the process, cast the previous stories in their retrospective light.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
Walsh left Grey’s Anatomy as a series regular in 2007 to lead ABC spinoff series Private Practice, and has since recurred on Grey’s.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 4 Dec. 2025
There also was Carrie Fisher, who hilariously recurred as a vengeful ex of Jake’s who is bent on destroying him — with ever-increasing firepower and futility.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 3 Dec. 2025
Managing the nation’s 1,900-mile border with Mexico is daunting even without surges of migrants that have repeatedly recurred in recent years, the DOJ said in its filing.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 17 Nov. 2025
This study aimed to find an option for patients whose cancer recurred even after standard therapy.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 12 Nov. 2025
This dynamic marred the 2012-13 Hurricane Sandy package and has recurred in other disaster bills, not because relief is illegitimate but because speed plus political cover invites provisions that would die in regular order.
—Veronique De Rugy, Oc Register, 7 Nov. 2025
Pamela Adlon, who recurred in Season 1 as Bunny’s sister Mindy, was expected to make more regular appearances in Season 2, filling the void left by Lavin.
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 29 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recurred
renewed
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The concession was renewed in 2021 for 25 years, during the prior Panamanian administration.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
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And yet, more than a month later, the Stephen King adaptation executive produced by Andy Muschietti and Barbara Muschietti is yet to be renewed for a second season.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
30 Jan. 2026
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