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Recent Examples of recrudescence
This recrudescence of wolf warrior diplomacy is counterproductive and enables Japan to depict China as the bullying hegemon.
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Jeff Kingston, Time, 30 Nov. 2025
Who would benefit from the end of community fluoridation and a recrudescence of tooth decay?
—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
Jeff Kingston, Time, 30 Nov. 2025
Who would benefit from the end of community fluoridation and a recrudescence of tooth decay?
—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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Theoretically, the body-positivity movement would prevent a recurrence of the fat-shaming in America’s Next Top Model.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
19 Feb. 2026
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Connected people are more likely to adhere to medical treatment; and those with cancer survive longer, better avoid recurrence, and experience higher quality of life than their isolated peers.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
19 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The partnership, which is funded by downtown property tax revenues, recently secured its 10-year renewal, which saw its territory expand to 102 blocks, up from 66.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
24 Feb. 2026
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Spring is on the way, which brings thoughts of renewal, warm weather and Easter celebrations for some.—
Casey DelBasso,
ABC News,
24 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Extremely hot, dry conditions can lead to outbreaks of spider mites, though damage seldom requires treatment.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
22 Feb. 2026
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Hospitalization rates can vary greatly by a measles outbreak’s location and who is getting infected.—
Jennifer Berry Hawes,
CNN Money,
21 Feb. 2026
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“Recrudescence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recrudescence. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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