recur
verb (used without object)
to occur again, as an event, experience, etc.
has recurred
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present perfectof recur (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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It’s a thematic mix that has recurred, at varying intensities, throughout Lemon’s influential but branding-resistant career.
From New York Times ● Nov. 15, 2024
But nothing like those early large-scale public protests has recurred.
From Salon ● Feb. 26, 2023
"Services were restored early this morning. Unfortunately yesterday's digital banking issue has recurred and this has affected our services," Singapore-based DBS said on its Facebook page on Wednesday.
From Reuters ● Nov. 24, 2021
In its second half, what befalls Fiona, whether you call it stalking, worship, or desire, fits a pattern of intrusion—of orderly lives being crazed by a force from outside—that has recurred throughout McEwan’s work.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 7, 2018
It has recurred to my mind that many readers of these volumes will exclaim: "An English version of Gozzi's self-styled 'useless memoirs' cannot fail to be twice as useless as the original!"
From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First by Carlo Gozzi
