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
Farrar has since moved on to rejoin Jim Mora at Colorado State.
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Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 19 Jan. 2026
Chad O’Shea, who was part of the Chiefs’ staff two decades ago, will rejoin Kansas City after spending the previous six seasons as Cleveland Browns wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 19 Jan. 2026
Weaver rejoined the Ravens in 2021.
—Mike Defabo, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026
In fact, the trend in recent times has been to rejoin urban neighborhoods that were bisected by interstate highway construction in the 1960s.
—Ian Savage, The Conversation, 14 Jan. 2026
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Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 19 Jan. 2026
Chad O’Shea, who was part of the Chiefs’ staff two decades ago, will rejoin Kansas City after spending the previous six seasons as Cleveland Browns wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 19 Jan. 2026
Weaver rejoined the Ravens in 2021.
—Mike Defabo, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026
In fact, the trend in recent times has been to rejoin urban neighborhoods that were bisected by interstate highway construction in the 1960s.
—Ian Savage, The Conversation, 14 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rejoin
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Last week, Graham Knaus, the chief executive of the California State Association of Counties, criticized Newsom’s budget for not responding to the cost burdens shifting to local governments.—
Andrew Graham,
Sacbee.com,
13 Jan. 2026
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The complaint asserts that Minneapolis and Saint Paul have been forced to divert officers from their usual duties to respond to incidents involving federal immigration enforcement, undermining local efforts to protect the community.—
Danya Gainor,
CNN Money,
13 Jan. 2026
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The State Department and a spokesperson for the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations did not immediately reply to a request for comment.—
Camilla Schick,
CBS News,
20 Jan. 2026
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The White House has not immediately replied to TIME’s request for comment.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
19 Jan. 2026
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Ask The Post’s journalists Our reporters and editors answer your questions.—
Karen Tumulty,
Washington Post,
15 Jan. 2026
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There was no judgment, no riddle to be answered or trial needing to be passed.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
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“Rejoin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rejoin. Accessed 24 Jan. 2026.
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