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Recent Examples of recrudescence
Who would benefit from the end of community fluoridation and a recrudescence of tooth decay?
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Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
Although the most powerful nations, including the U.S., have made intermittently successful efforts to stem the loss of tax revenue to offshore shelters, Abrahamian identifies these dynamics as the recrudescence of colonial extraction.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
With that comes the prerogative to employ medieval cruelties – recrudescences from pre-modern empire redeployed in the present.
—Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
The coverage of Italy’s recent elections in the American press has portrayed the success of Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party as a sudden and dangerous recrudescence of Italy’s fascist past.
—Alexander Stille, The New Republic, 4 Oct. 2022
This is also evident in the recrudescence of the Little House on the Prairie look for younger women, a style that has historically been a favorite among the chronically abstinent.
—Cintra Wilson, The New York Review of Books, 11 Feb. 2020
All this will lead to a recrudescence of interesting political theory.
—The Economist, 19 June 2019
Only this wise, collegial institution prevents a recrudescence of World War II.
—Lionel Shriver, Harper's magazine, 10 Apr. 2019
Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
Although the most powerful nations, including the U.S., have made intermittently successful efforts to stem the loss of tax revenue to offshore shelters, Abrahamian identifies these dynamics as the recrudescence of colonial extraction.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
With that comes the prerogative to employ medieval cruelties – recrudescences from pre-modern empire redeployed in the present.
—Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
The coverage of Italy’s recent elections in the American press has portrayed the success of Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party as a sudden and dangerous recrudescence of Italy’s fascist past.
—Alexander Stille, The New Republic, 4 Oct. 2022
This is also evident in the recrudescence of the Little House on the Prairie look for younger women, a style that has historically been a favorite among the chronically abstinent.
—Cintra Wilson, The New York Review of Books, 11 Feb. 2020
All this will lead to a recrudescence of interesting political theory.
—The Economist, 19 June 2019
Only this wise, collegial institution prevents a recrudescence of World War II.
—Lionel Shriver, Harper's magazine, 10 Apr. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recrudescence
Noun
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There’s a way to handle such messes: Take accountability and outline steps to prevent any recurrence.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Mar. 2025
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This surgery reduces the risk of recurrence and is recommended in moderate cases.5 Zadik's procedure: The surgeon removes the entire toenail and nail bed.—
Carrie Madormo, RN,
Health,
20 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Despite a judge quickly blocking the measure, Trump's administration deported more than 200 Venezuelans - 137 under the wartime act - to El Salvador, where they are being detained in the country's massive anti-terrorism prison for a year subject to renewal.—
Vivian Sequera,
USA TODAY,
22 Mar. 2025
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One thing the timing of the renewal could facilitate is a shorter break between seasons: Due in part to writers and actors striking for better contracts in 2023, season two premiered almost three years after the conclusion of the first run.—
Rick Porter,
The Hollywood Reporter,
21 Mar. 2025
Noun
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For the past year, there have been many animal outbreaks in a variety of wild and domestic animals, especially among birds and cattle.—
Ron Barrett,
The Conversation,
31 Mar. 2025
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After 10 years of war, Yemen is gripped by malnutrition, disease outbreaks, lack of access to health care and other urgent services, and other life-threatening risks to the most vulnerable — all evidence of a full-scale humanitarian crisis.—
Sarah Ferguson,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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“Recrudescence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recrudescence. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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