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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Horror veteran Bruce Campbell (of the Evil Dead films) was also among the show’s recurring guest stars.
—Rebecca Luther, TVLine, 4 Feb. 2025
Even in the face of recurring underperformance, many boards choose to retain their CEOs for extended periods.
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thomas Keil, Harvard Business Review, 4 Feb. 2025
Gellar would appear in the series in a recurring role, but would not lead the series, according to a report in Variety.
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Campbell, Courteney Cox, and David Arquette all played key roles in each of the original three films, and reprised their roles in 2011's Scream 4 and 2022's Scream (and Cox also recurred in 2023's Scream VI).
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 31 Jan. 2025
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Rebecca Luther, TVLine, 4 Feb. 2025
Even in the face of recurring underperformance, many boards choose to retain their CEOs for extended periods.
—Stevo Pavićević
thomas Keil, Harvard Business Review, 4 Feb. 2025
Gellar would appear in the series in a recurring role, but would not lead the series, according to a report in Variety.
—Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 4 Feb. 2025
Campbell, Courteney Cox, and David Arquette all played key roles in each of the original three films, and reprised their roles in 2011's Scream 4 and 2022's Scream (and Cox also recurred in 2023's Scream VI).
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 31 Jan. 2025
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“Recur.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recur. Accessed 10 Feb. 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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