as in recurred
to occur again
They took steps to prevent the problem from reoccurring.
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recurred
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In the scripted world, Reilly has recurred as a waitress on the CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful since 2010.—
Sydney Bucksbaum,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Dec. 2025 -
But, in the third section, the motifs that have recurred, albeit modestly, in the two earlier ones now burst out to dominate the action and, in the process, cast the previous stories in their retrospective light.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
22 Dec. 2025
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“Reoccurred.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reoccurred. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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