as in to respond
to speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction
when I asked my daughter if she wouldn't mind picking up dinner on her way home from soccer practice, she rejoined, "Only if you wouldn't mind me taking out the pickup later tonight!"
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Recent Examples of rejoin
Former Foo Josh Freese will be rejoining NIN while Ilan Rubin will go from Tron: Ares to Tour: 30th Anniversary With the Foo Fighters.
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Bethy Squires, Vulture, 31 July 2025
Right-hander Robert Stephenson is also taking significant steps toward rejoining the Angels’ bullpen.
—Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 30 July 2025
When one state representative, Philip Cortez, briefly returned to Austin in late July before rejoining the other quorum-breakers out of state, then-House Speaker Dade Phelan signed a civil warrant for his arrest.
—Rachael Dziaba, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2025
Eury Pérez rejoined the rotation in June after missing more than a year following Tommy John surgery.
—Daniel R. Epstein, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
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Bethy Squires, Vulture, 31 July 2025
Right-hander Robert Stephenson is also taking significant steps toward rejoining the Angels’ bullpen.
—Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 30 July 2025
When one state representative, Philip Cortez, briefly returned to Austin in late July before rejoining the other quorum-breakers out of state, then-House Speaker Dade Phelan signed a civil warrant for his arrest.
—Rachael Dziaba, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2025
Eury Pérez rejoined the rotation in June after missing more than a year following Tommy John surgery.
—Daniel R. Epstein, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rejoin
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East Windsor Ambulance, the Broad Brook Fire Department and Warehouse Point Fire Department all responded to the scene.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
17 Aug. 2025
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Officers responded to reports of shots being fired shortly after 12:15 a.m. in the 1700 block of East 97th Street in the Linden Hills and Indian Heights neighborhood of Kansas City.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
17 Aug. 2025
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An unwise subject replied in terms of moral absolutes—No way!—
Meghan O’Gieblyn,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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Baier replied to the post, explaining what had happened.—
Cate Martel,
The Hill,
20 Aug. 2025
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This might be nonsensical and irrelevant to answering the question at hand, such as if the sky is blue, but the AI will computationally and mathematically be slanted anyway.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
23 Aug. 2025
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A lot of questions that will need to be answered in the coming weeks.—
Cecil Merkerson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Aug. 2025
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“Rejoin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rejoin. Accessed 29 Aug. 2025.
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