as in recurring
occurring or appearing at intervals
had recurrent problems with the computer for months and finally junked it
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Recent Examples of recurrent
During a preview of the expansive, but comprehensive show Saturday, Bolton emphasized how the human figure and the dressed body are the recurrent aesthetic throughout The Met’s collections.
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Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 4 May 2026
Other symptoms include swollen lymph nodes, recurrent nose bleeds, tiny red spots on your skin, excessive sweating and frequent or severe infections.
—Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 28 Apr. 2026
Other purchase decisions, such as impulse acquisitions or recurrent purchases, are made almost instantaneously with little or no investment of time or effort in information search.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026
Transitions between the two parents (and selves, and lives) are widely considered one of the toughest aspects of divorce for a child—sites of recurrent loss and awkward morphing.
—Jean Garnett, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2026
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Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 4 May 2026
Other symptoms include swollen lymph nodes, recurrent nose bleeds, tiny red spots on your skin, excessive sweating and frequent or severe infections.
—Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 28 Apr. 2026
Other purchase decisions, such as impulse acquisitions or recurrent purchases, are made almost instantaneously with little or no investment of time or effort in information search.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026
Transitions between the two parents (and selves, and lives) are widely considered one of the toughest aspects of divorce for a child—sites of recurrent loss and awkward morphing.
—Jean Garnett, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recurrent
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The Bell Street Bridge encampment was prioritized for closure as part of Downtown Rising – the first phase of Atlanta Rising, a multi-year campaign launched in 2025 to end unsheltered homelessness citywide and make homelessness rare, brief and non-recurring.—
Emily McLeod,
CBS News,
7 Mar. 2026
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This was and is a non-recurring, cyclical business totally dependent on transaction volumes, which fluctuate with economic cycles and interest rates.—
Josh Brown,Sean Russo,
CNBC,
15 Jan. 2026
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The periodic transaction report the Office of Government Ethics released on May 14 documents 3,642 individual trades made through the account in the first three months of 2026—between $220 million and $750 million in volume at a pace of roughly 60 trades per day.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
16 May 2026
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When that becomes the focus, conversations between government and providers shift from periodic check-ins to more useful, ongoing course correction grounded in real feedback.—
Caroline Whistler,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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Her duties as head of the LVMH Prize for Young Designers bring her in continual contact with new names, some of whom win one of the three prizes and some — such as Virgil Abloh and Demna — do not but nevertheless develop major careers.—
WWD Staff,
Footwear News,
14 May 2026
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The same ecosystem that rewards luxury also demands its continual maintenance, creating a pressure loop where image, income, and identity collapse into one another and can lead to poor decisions.—
Shelby Stewart,
Essence,
12 May 2026
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“Recurrent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recurrent. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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