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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Judy Berman, TIME, 12 Mar. 2025
Elle extends Raphael’s relationship with Witherspoon; Raphael has been recurring on Apple TV+’s The Morning Show, which Witherspoon is starring in and executive producing.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 11 Mar. 2025
Allusions to ancient Greek culture recur throughout Hedva’s work.
—Emily McDermott, ARTnews.com, 11 Mar. 2025
After several hours of recurring outages Monday, Elon Musk took to X to explain why his social media network experienced widespread technical problems.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 10 Mar. 2025
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“Recur.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recur. Accessed 23 Mar. 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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