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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

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

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 28, 2025

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 Oct. 14, 2024

The researchers found that by combining tyrosine nanomicelle treatment with near-infrared laser treatment, they were able to eradicate melanoma in mice after six days and it did not reoccur during the study period.

From Science Daily Jun. 18, 2024

Mark Davies, head of wastewater treatment at Welsh Water, said more services and organisations should be looking at how they use water resources if droughts reoccur over the next few years.

From BBC Aug. 24, 2023

The same subjects and opinions reoccur and the techniques and style are nearly indistinguishable.

From A Short Narrative of the Life and Actions of His Grace John, D. of Marlborogh by Defoe, Daniel

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