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
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.
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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
Using advanced recurrent networks, researchers mapped inner speech into recognizable words, hitting conversational-level performance.
—Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
These lumps typically develop in areas of the body where the skin rubs together, and can be recurrent.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 28 Aug. 2025
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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
Using advanced recurrent networks, researchers mapped inner speech into recognizable words, hitting conversational-level performance.
—Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
These lumps typically develop in areas of the body where the skin rubs together, and can be recurrent.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 28 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recurrent
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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 Bottom Line is a periodic business analysis column written by Evan Clark, deputy managing editor, who has covered the fashion industry since 2000.—
Evan Clark,
Footwear News,
10 Oct. 2025
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For a mere 160 milliseconds, a periodic gamma-ray fluctuation appeared in the light of the event.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Recurrent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recurrent. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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