as in renewed
to occur again
She had a recurring dream in which she could fly.
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Recent Examples of recurred
Hughes has recurred on Tell Me Lies, Echo 3 and The Goldbergs, with additional appearances in films like Me and Earl and the Dying Girl and Jason Reitman’s Men, Women & Children.
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Matt Grobar, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025
Collins first appeared on the show's second season, and recurred in multiple episodes of every season thereafter.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Oct. 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
The problem recurred everywhere.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2025
Crowley later played the romantic interest of Lloyd Bridges on the 1975-76 CBS cop drama Joe Forrester, which emanated from an episode of the anthology series Police Story, and recurred as Emily Fallmont during the sixth season of the ABC primetime soap Dynasty in 1986.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 15 Sep. 2025
The Fever won the Commissioner’s Cup title over Minnesota, the 2024 champ, and were riding a five-game winning streak even after Clark’s injury recurred before their luck turned.
—Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
Matt Grobar, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025
Collins first appeared on the show's second season, and recurred in multiple episodes of every season thereafter.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Oct. 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
The problem recurred everywhere.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2025
Crowley later played the romantic interest of Lloyd Bridges on the 1975-76 CBS cop drama Joe Forrester, which emanated from an episode of the anthology series Police Story, and recurred as Emily Fallmont during the sixth season of the ABC primetime soap Dynasty in 1986.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 15 Sep. 2025
The Fever won the Commissioner’s Cup title over Minnesota, the 2024 champ, and were riding a five-game winning streak even after Clark’s injury recurred before their luck turned.
—Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recurred
renewed
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Jensen Ackles is sharing his reaction to the news that Countdown was not renewed at Amazon’s Prime Video for a second season.—
Carly Thomas,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Oct. 2025
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Beast Games has already been renewed for a second season.—
Chris Quintana,
USA Today,
12 Oct. 2025
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“Recurred.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recurred. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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