as in responses
something spoken or written in reaction especially to a question
he always has a smart-aleck rejoinder to everything
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Recent Examples of rejoinders
However, what smooths out these bumps in the road is Brooks’ ability to consistently write earnest speeches, or button scenes with a snarky rejoinders.
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Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 10 Dec. 2025
Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 10 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rejoinders
Noun
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But his responses in press gatherings to whatever umpires did (or didn’t do) in his opinion were vanilla instead tutti-frutti.—
Terence Moore,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2026
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According to the presentation, 56,202 community members viewed the outreach efforts and 1,584 survey responses were submitted.—
Nicole Buss,
Sacbee.com,
10 May 2026
Noun
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Perhaps turning off the replies would have been the move, although that also would have drawn attention.—
Armando Salguero OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
11 May 2026
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For spoken replies, the builder used Piper, which creates the sharp, rhythmic voice style Rocky has in the novel.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
8 May 2026
Noun
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That energy was gone by the third quarter after the Aces started doubling Ogwumike, and aside from Plum, the Sparks’ offense had no answers.—
Marisa Ingemi,
Los Angeles Times,
11 May 2026
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If the Lakers are going to find a new level of desperation and resilience to avoid a sweep – answers better emerge on the horizon.—
Benjamin Royer,
Oc Register,
10 May 2026
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“Rejoinders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rejoinders. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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