rejoining

present participle of rejoin
as in responding
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 rejoining Bieniemy spent last season as the Chicago Bears’ running back coach, and the Bears improved from 27th in rushing to third in the NFL before rejoining the Chiefs as offensive coordinator. Jeff Fedotin, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026 Max Scherzer is rejoining the rotation After just one rehab start and 56 pitches in Triple-A Buffalo, Max Scherzer is back in the Jays’ rotation. Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 27 July 2026 Neither has a clear timeline for rejoining the Yankees, who have one of baseball’s worst offenses since Judge last played. Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 26 July 2026 Many are angry at the prospect of Russia rejoining the international competition, especially amid its ongoing war with Ukraine. Justin Klawans, TheWeek, 13 July 2026 Just last year, veteran big man Charles Bassey impressed for Boston’s team in Vegas, then wound up rejoining the club months later on two 10-day contracts. Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 9 July 2026 Today, Barzel rejects the premise that rejoining the AFC would guarantee Israel a place in the World Cup going forward. Deborah Danan, Sun Sentinel, 29 June 2026 Confederate states began rejoining in 1868, with Georgia being the last. USA Today, 29 June 2026 Yet despite the drag on its economy, few UK business leaders or politicians advocate for reversing Brexit and rejoining the European Union, at least in part because the whole issue remains so politically divisive. Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 22 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rejoining
Verb
  • Safety measures in place Cameras have played a role in responding to these concerns and are currently used to keep tabs on Old Sacramento.
    Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 26 July 2026
  • Brands moved from relying only on backward-looking data to responding to real-time signals.
    Billee Howard, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
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  • Many of her fans also came to her defense by replying to the comment.
    Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026
  • Identifier), in the process of replying to the read requests, at some point the SMB server should never respond to the read request but keep the connection alive.
    Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 9 July 2026
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  • And as of today, most institutional investors have no framework for answering them.
    Martin Whittaker, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
  • Feeling disillusioned and angry, less than two years later in August 2015, Hadley decided to leave her fiancé and stop answering his relentless calls.
    KC Baker, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026

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“Rejoining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rejoining. Accessed 31 Jul. 2026.

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