as in response
something spoken or written in reaction especially to a question
he always has a smart-aleck rejoinder to everything
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Recent Examples of rejoinder
And on top of that, the movie felt like a cruel rejoinder to anyone who’d ever believed that the once-red-hot Shyamalan could right the ship.
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Will Leitch, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2024
When critics warn about Trump’s threat, the constant rejoinder is that democracy already survived four years of Trump in office.
—Zack Beauchamp, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
This pushback and occasional calling to task not only makes for compelling reading, but serves as an apt rejoinder to those who would collapse their differences into some kind of monolithic Octoberite orthodoxy.
—Gordon Hughes, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
Meanwhile, Walz took furious notes and had pointed rejoinders ready.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 2 Oct. 2024
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Will Leitch, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2024
When critics warn about Trump’s threat, the constant rejoinder is that democracy already survived four years of Trump in office.
—Zack Beauchamp, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
This pushback and occasional calling to task not only makes for compelling reading, but serves as an apt rejoinder to those who would collapse their differences into some kind of monolithic Octoberite orthodoxy.
—Gordon Hughes, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
Meanwhile, Walz took furious notes and had pointed rejoinders ready.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 2 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rejoinder
Noun
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Immigration advocates are calling for stronger protections under the Trust Act in response to President Donald Trump’s plans for mass deportations of undocumented immigrants and the creation of a registry requiring those immigrants to self-register or could face prosecution.—
Livi Stanford,
Hartford Courant,
6 Mar. 2025
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Canadian fans booing the American national anthem seemed to be a response to President Donald Trump’s talk of tariffs and turning Canada into the 51st state.—
Paulina Dedaj,
Fox News,
6 Mar. 2025
Noun
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When designing rich cards, combine media, text and suggested replies for maximum impact.—
Pratik Bhadra,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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The post had more than 800 replies at the time of publication, the lion's share from frustrated viewers unable to access the stream.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
3 Mar. 2025
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The answers are meant to be filled out by a single person in one sitting, with no way to save responses for a break.—
Sheryl Gay Stolberg,
New York Times,
8 Mar. 2025
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The answer is surely not a failure of casting ambition.—
Graham Hillard,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Rejoinder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rejoinder. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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