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
And despite recurrent waves of protests – the January unrest followed similar waves in 2017-18, 2019-20 and 2022-23 – Khamenei refused to listen to the demands of demonstrators for political, economic and social change.
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Eric Lob, The Conversation, 2 Mar. 2026
For women in nursing homes, a little bit of vaginal estrogen could have prevented recurrent urinary tract infections.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 2 Mar. 2026
Balances were a recurrent problem in the Prokofiev, and, with big and often distracting gestures, Kavakos didn’t always keep up with the soloist, the DSO’s excellent concertmaster, Alexander Kerr.
—Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News, 1 Mar. 2026
The recurrent hope—in Texas and elsewhere—is that Republican extremism will finally alienate enough moderates to flip a seat.
—Tad Friend, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026
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Eric Lob, The Conversation, 2 Mar. 2026
For women in nursing homes, a little bit of vaginal estrogen could have prevented recurrent urinary tract infections.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 2 Mar. 2026
Balances were a recurrent problem in the Prokofiev, and, with big and often distracting gestures, Kavakos didn’t always keep up with the soloist, the DSO’s excellent concertmaster, Alexander Kerr.
—Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News, 1 Mar. 2026
The recurrent hope—in Texas and elsewhere—is that Republican extremism will finally alienate enough moderates to flip a seat.
—Tad Friend, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recurrent
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The Bell Street Bridge encampment was prioritized for closure as part of Downtown Rising – the first phase of Atlanta Rising, a multi-year campaign launched in 2025 to end unsheltered homelessness citywide and make homelessness rare, brief and non-recurring.—
Emily McLeod,
CBS News,
7 Mar. 2026
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This was and is a non-recurring, cyclical business totally dependent on transaction volumes, which fluctuate with economic cycles and interest rates.—
Josh Brown,Sean Russo,
CNBC,
15 Jan. 2026
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While current techniques use large, expensive devices to provide periodic updates of the Earth’s magnetic field, SBQuantum’s magnetometer is about the size of a quart of milk and provides continuous, high-quality monitoring data with exceptional precision.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Mar. 2026
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Even amid the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, periodic strikes have continued, with the death toll continuing to mount.—
Chantal Da Silva,
NBC news,
27 Mar. 2026
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Far from discouraging us, Frank’s passing reminds us that the history of architecture is one of continual renewal.—
Norman Foster,
Artforum,
26 Mar. 2026
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Ouroboros-like, Erdrich is in continual, self-devouring motion and thus presents a kind of constancy of transmutation — identity itself becomes a variable in the endless calculation of renewal.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Recurrent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recurrent. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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