as in renews
to occur again
She had a recurring dream in which she could fly.
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Recent Examples of recurs
Like a changeling—a motif that recurs throughout the novel—the old narrator has been taken and replaced by someone new.
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Bekah Waalkes, The Atlantic, 25 Sep. 2025
Lou Diamond Phillips recurs as Jeff Levjman.
—Giana Levy, Variety, 18 Sep. 2025
Anxiety recurs within the very setting that was meant to defeat it.
—Michael Robbins, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Bekah Waalkes, The Atlantic, 25 Sep. 2025
Lou Diamond Phillips recurs as Jeff Levjman.
—Giana Levy, Variety, 18 Sep. 2025
Anxiety recurs within the very setting that was meant to defeat it.
—Michael Robbins, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recurs
renews
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The discovery renews scrutiny of Bolton’s handling of sensitive national security information and echoes long-standing concerns first raised during a contentious legal battle over his 2020 memoir.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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Ambition rooted in personal purpose renews itself.—
Benjamin Laker,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Recurs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recurs. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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