as in outbreak
a new occurrence of something that happened or appeared before
We hope to prevent a recurrence of the disease.
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Recent Examples of recurrence
Here’s hoping that the lessons from previous years can be learned to prevent the recurrence of familiar problems and that a quicker path to value and better outcomes can be quickly realized.
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Adrian Swinscoe, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
It has been found to prevent recurrences of SAD episodes when taken from fall to early spring.
—Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 4 Dec. 2024
Ben Anderson: Tamoxifen reduced recurrence rates by about half and cut mortality statistics in ballpark figure, 50%.
—Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 31 Oct. 2024
Following a more vitamin-rich diet thereafter will stop a recurrence.
—Richard Windsor, The Week Uk, theweek, 24 Oct. 2024
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Adrian Swinscoe, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
It has been found to prevent recurrences of SAD episodes when taken from fall to early spring.
—Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 4 Dec. 2024
Ben Anderson: Tamoxifen reduced recurrence rates by about half and cut mortality statistics in ballpark figure, 50%.
—Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 31 Oct. 2024
Following a more vitamin-rich diet thereafter will stop a recurrence.
—Richard Windsor, The Week Uk, theweek, 24 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recurrence
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Context: The post-storm Arctic outbreak is tied in part to a north-south stretching of the polar vortex, which is an area of low pressure in the upper atmosphere and the air circulation around it.Andrew Freedman, Axios, 6 Jan. 2025
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While official health bodies in China have not stated that there is an outbreak of HMPV there, cases of the virus have risen in recent weeks according to the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
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Conservative critics have said that over time, the renewal of the protection status becomes automatic, regardless of what is happening in the person's home country.GISELA SALOMON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 11 Jan. 2025
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Conservative critics have said that over time, the renewal of the protection status becomes automatic, regardless of what is happening in the person’s home country.Gisela Salomon, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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Juniper leads with a burst of citrus, floral lavender, and hibiscus.Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
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Measuring the time of the long swings of the sledgehammer between bursts of stone.E.L. Doctorow, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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Who would benefit from the end of community fluoridation and a recrudescence of tooth decay?Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
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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
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“Recurrence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recurrence. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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