rejoined

past tense of rejoin
as in replied
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 rejoined After the success of their inaugural spring collection, the American heritage brand and the British pop star turned designer have rejoined forces on another collaboration, this time focusing on fall essentials. — Bianca Kratky, Glamour, 23 Oct. 2026 Stewart rejoined The Daily Show in 2024, anchoring the show once a week (usually on Mondays) and serving as an executive producer. — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 19 Oct. 2026 Hughes stayed with the band for three albums and, after Deep Purple’s dissolution, briefly rejoined Trapeze and released a solo album, Play Me Out, in 1977. — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2026 The freshman, who came to USC in the spring out of Santa Margarita High, rejoined the Trojans ahead of the Penn State game while the team faced a variety of injuries to other key players on both sides of the ball. — Sean Campbell, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026 Leclerc rejoined on fresh softs behind Hamilton, then passed him, while Antonelli, who had also pitted for softs under the VSC, and Norris, on mediums from his only stop, closed in. — Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2026 Stewart rejoined teammates this week and was in the starting lineup Saturday. — ABC News, 10 Oct. 2026 Castronovo, 62, played drums and contributed vocals for Journey from 1998 until 2015, and later rejoined the group. — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 9 Oct. 2026 Jon Wallace, who rejoined Denver as a co-general manager in 2025, had experienced it the other way around. — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 4 Oct. 2026
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  • Earlier may be possible, the doctor replied, if the skin around her surgical scar loosens.
    — Jesse Bedayn, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026
  • In response to this, SpaceX founder Elon Musk replied that NASA’s safety panel estimate was not accurate.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 2026
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  • About 30 minutes later, Fort Worth police responded to a gas station in the 6600 block of Brentwood Stair Road.
    — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Oct. 2026
  • When footage of a man being hit by federal immigration officers’ SUV in Northern California became public, the Department of Homeland Security responded by saying the man had jumped on the vehicle’s hood.
    — Eduardo Cuevas, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2026
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  • When Cleveland trimmed the lead to 3-1 in the sixth inning, Tampa answered with a two-run homer by Junior Caminero in the seventh.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Still, many challenging open questions must be answered before the Many Worlds interpretation can be accepted as our best explanation for the measurement problem.
    — Philipp Strasberg, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

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“Rejoined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rejoined. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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