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reoccur

British  
/ ˌriːəˈkɜː /

verb

  1. to happen, take place, or come about again

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • reoccurrence noun

Example Sentences

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He would do the same again if such an unfortunate event were ever to reoccur.

From BBC

Do the themes in your collages reoccur in your poetry, music or films?

From Los Angeles Times

"We fixed the specific issue that caused the problem last year as our first priority and it cannot reoccur."

From BBC

Rather, there are deterministic relationships in which certain genes go well or badly with other particular genes, and so similar patterns of genes reoccur, resulting in repeated patterns of evolution.

From Salon

There are deterministic relationships in which certain genes go well or badly with other particular genes, and so similar patterns of genes reoccur.

From Salon