recurred; recurring
1
: to have recourse : resort
2
: to go back in thought or discourse
on recurring to my letters of that date—
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson3
a
: to come up again for consideration
b
: to come again to mind
4
: to occur again after an interval : occur time after time
the cancer recurred
Examples of recur in a Sentence
There is only a slight chance that the disease will recur.
The same problem keeps recurring.
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Fitzgerald’s career then shifted to mostly television series, including a recurring role as Emma Miller in the medical drama Royal Pains and a supporting role as Lola Laffer in the political comedy-drama Alpha House.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
The company, founded in 2020, reported $15 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR) in 2024, doubling its revenue from the previous year.
—Chris Gallagher, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
From her time working with Meagan Good and Debbi Morgan in Divorce in the Black—a summer hit that spent weeks at the top of Amazon’s charts—to her pivotal recurring role on Snowfall, Williams has learned the ropes from the best.
—Shelby Stewart, Essence, 4 Apr. 2025
This operation recurred about a dozen times over the next half hour.
—Julia Amberger, Nanni Fontana, Marzio Mian, & Nicola Scevola (tr. Elettra Pauletto), The Dial, 3 Apr. 2025
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Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
The company, founded in 2020, reported $15 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR) in 2024, doubling its revenue from the previous year.
—Chris Gallagher, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
From her time working with Meagan Good and Debbi Morgan in Divorce in the Black—a summer hit that spent weeks at the top of Amazon’s charts—to her pivotal recurring role on Snowfall, Williams has learned the ropes from the best.
—Shelby Stewart, Essence, 4 Apr. 2025
This operation recurred about a dozen times over the next half hour.
—Julia Amberger, Nanni Fontana, Marzio Mian, & Nicola Scevola (tr. Elettra Pauletto), The Dial, 3 Apr. 2025
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“Recur.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recur. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.
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recur
verb
re·cur
ri-ˈkər 
recurred; recurring
1
: to go or come back in thought or discussion
2
: to come again into the mind
3
: to occur or appear again
Medical Definition
recur
intransitive verb
re·cur
ri-ˈkər
recurred; recurring
: to occur again after an interval
a disease likely to recur
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