recur

[ UK /ɹɪkˈɜː/ ]
[ US /ɹiˈkɝ, ɹɪˈkɝ/ ]
VERB
  1. return in thought or speech to something
  2. have recourse to
    The government resorted to rationing meat
  3. happen or occur again
    This is a recurring story
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How To Use recur In A Sentence

  • Schedule 3 comprises a number of toxic or precursor chemicals with widespread industrial uses, such as phosgene, hydrogen cyanide, phosphorus trichloride and thionyl chloride.
  • We encounter a patient with recurrent jaundice resulting from tumor ingrowth to the metallic stent.
  • The recurring theme in many of these stories is the influence of airlines on aeroplane design. Times, Sunday Times
  • And in the sitcom with the Seinfeld thing, every time I arrived, which is what they call a recurring character, my hair was a different color. Buzzine » Jerry Stiller
  • As can be seen, the recurring theme of the principle is universality, non-exclusivity, non-discrimination, and indivisibility.
  • Loss of bounciness, sudden blisters or recurring pain are also telltale signs.
  • I am having this recurring nightmare that I will be stuck in traffic for so long that I will die and my body decompose beyond recognition before anyone notices.
  • Solutions attempted in piecemeal fashion, as we've seen thus far, would amount to constantly putting out recurring fires. State Bailouts? They've Already Begun
  • Recovering slowly, with agony, from each of these recurrent blows, his unquenchable exuberance had lived.
  • Logically the enormous nonrecurring costs would also be recovered from the price after the break-even point is reached.
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