reappear
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Explanation
When something shows up again, it reappears. A diver can plunge into the water from the diving board, swim underwater, and reappear at the far end of the pool. A magician might make your ten dollar bill disappear, but it's not a great trick if she doesn't then make it reappear. You may think your winter cold is over until the symptoms — sneezing and coughing — reappear suddenly. Anything that goes away and comes back reappears. The word adds the "again" prefix re- to appear, from its Latin root apparere, "come in sight."
Example Sentences
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Relics from the pre-bounce phase — such as smaller black holes — could survive the transition and reappear in our expanding universe.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2026
The Artemis 2 astronauts will also see the Earth disappear and reappear behind the Moon.
From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026
Months later, the home was taken off the market, only to bizarrely reappear for just three days in December and another two days this January before vanishing again.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026
“We don’t have to stick to the cause-and-effect of which people are going to reappear later in the story,” Gent noted.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025
It seemed entirely deserted, but there might be a few Specials in hiding, waiting for stragglers to reappear.
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
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