as in recurring
occurring or appearing at intervals
had recurrent problems with the computer for months and finally junked it
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Recent Examples of recurrent
One reason for this recurrent rhetoric is that few Americans today see themselves as opposed to the maximization of either alternatives from which to make selections or occasions to do so.
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Sophia Rosenfeld
september 26, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
Alas, the one thing Europe is still lacking in comparison to its North American counterpart is scale, with European projects not yet landing major franchises, globally relevant IP and recurrent mega-budget productions.
—Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 26 Sep. 2025
As a recurrent cancer, metastatic breast cancer comes back after someone has already been treated for breast cancer, in situations where the treatment didn’t kill all the cancer cells.
—Elizabeth Yuko, Flow Space, 24 Sep. 2025
The company plans to back sales with recurrent training to keep pilots up to speed.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Sep. 2025
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Sophia Rosenfeld
september 26, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
Alas, the one thing Europe is still lacking in comparison to its North American counterpart is scale, with European projects not yet landing major franchises, globally relevant IP and recurrent mega-budget productions.
—Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 26 Sep. 2025
As a recurrent cancer, metastatic breast cancer comes back after someone has already been treated for breast cancer, in situations where the treatment didn’t kill all the cancer cells.
—Elizabeth Yuko, Flow Space, 24 Sep. 2025
The company plans to back sales with recurrent training to keep pilots up to speed.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recurrent
Adjective
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Audiences can also expect a new teacher, Luke Tennie’s Dominic, and potentially more recurring and guest characters.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
6 Sep. 2025
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This should further increase the bank's base of more recurring revenue streams.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
27 Aug. 2025
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The new series, however, jumps back 27 years from the 1989-set It movie to bring us to 1962, an earlier cycle of Pennywise’s periodic rampaging.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
27 Oct. 2025
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Public markets offer transparency, governance, and liquidity; private firms, by contrast, often avoid periodic reporting and undergo less rigorous oversight.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
26 Oct. 2025
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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
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Evolution is a process of continual experimentation.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Recurrent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recurrent. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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