as in to respond
to speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction when I asked my daughter if she wouldn't mind picking up dinner on her way home from soccer practice, she rejoined, "Only if you wouldn't mind me taking out the pickup later tonight!"

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Recent Examples of rejoin Announcer Jonathan Mangum, model Tiffany Coyne and musician Cat Gray also rejoin Brady for the new season. Giana Levy, Variety, 8 Sep. 2025 He is expected to DH on Friday and is on track to rejoin the Dodgers next week. Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 4 Sep. 2025 Rosters have expanded this week, so the Padres are carrying a 10-man bullpen into Coors Field and will likely do so until King rejoins the rotation. Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025 However, she was let go after prosecutors didn’t bring any charges against her and Hamp rejoined the company in 2022. Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rejoin
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  • At least three of the drones were shot down, Warsaw said, with Polish F-16 and Dutch F-35 fighter jets scrambled to respond.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2025
  • To respond to a volatile inflation crisis, should the CEO of Burger & Bites, a fictional fast-food chain, introduce dynamic pricing to its restaurants?
    Elie Ofek, Harvard Business Review, 14 Sep. 2025
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  • Smith replied that private schools must submit renewal packets every year before they are approved to continue participation in the accounts program, and that the agency compares the new tuition rates against the older rates.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The Kennedy Center's press office did not immediately reply to NPR's request for comment on the dismissal and a query about the future of jazz and Millennium Stage programming.
    Anastasia Tsioulcas, NPR, 11 Sep. 2025
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  • That was a 12-play, 75-yard drive for the Razorbacks to answer the Rebels' first score.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Kirk was answering an audience question about mass shootings when the bullet struck his neck, causing students and visitors to flee in panic.
    Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025

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“Rejoin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rejoin. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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