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
Tidbits So, Jackson Merrill did rejoin the Padres yesterday, but he will not be activated off the injured list until today.
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Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2025
Gaudette rejoined the Sens for his second stint with the team as a free agent last summer and settled into his role as a fourth-line centre while also contributing a goal and 3 points in the playoffs, in addition to being a penalty killer.
—Julian McKenzie, New York Times, 3 May 2025
The unemployment rate held steady at 4.2%, even as more than half-a-million people joined or rejoined the workforce.
—Scott Horsley, NPR, 2 May 2025
Nilan Johnson Lewis, Minneapolis, announced that attorney Susan Kratz has rejoined the firm as a shareholder and member of its health care and corporate/nonprofit groups.
—Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 20 Apr. 2025
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Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2025
Gaudette rejoined the Sens for his second stint with the team as a free agent last summer and settled into his role as a fourth-line centre while also contributing a goal and 3 points in the playoffs, in addition to being a penalty killer.
—Julian McKenzie, New York Times, 3 May 2025
The unemployment rate held steady at 4.2%, even as more than half-a-million people joined or rejoined the workforce.
—Scott Horsley, NPR, 2 May 2025
Nilan Johnson Lewis, Minneapolis, announced that attorney Susan Kratz has rejoined the firm as a shareholder and member of its health care and corporate/nonprofit groups.
—Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 20 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rejoin
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Just as importantly, the Hurricanes twice responded as the Capitals inched within a goal in the third.—
Aaron Beard,
Baltimore Sun,
13 May 2025
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Dozens of volunteer departments from across the state have responded to the fires, in addition to the military, U.S. Forest Service and other responders.—
Katie Rohman,
Twin Cities,
13 May 2025
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Grace replies, before ripping into this perfectly nice woman.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
17 May 2025
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When asked in an interview about this topic, the First Selectman replied that no one at CSP had responded to her e-mail.—
Pamela McLoughlin,
Hartford Courant,
16 May 2025
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The spokesperson did not immediately answer the AP's questions regarding the practicality and feasibility of reopening Alcatraz or the agency's role in the future of the former prison given the National Park Service's control of the island.—
Lucia I Suarez Sang,
CBS News,
4 May 2025
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But his rebuke of Trump's policies answered one of Wall Street's biggest questions of this weekend: Would Buffett weigh in on the trade war and its massive disruptions?—
Maria Aspan,
NPR,
3 May 2025
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“Rejoin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rejoin. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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