recurred; recurring
1
: to have recourse : resort
2
: to go back in thought or discourse
on recurring to my letters of that date—
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson3
a
: to come up again for consideration
b
: to come again to mind
4
: to occur again after an interval : occur time after time
the cancer recurred
Examples of recur in a Sentence
There is only a slight chance that the disease will recur.
The same problem keeps recurring.
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Another user, Jameel, built a tool for restaurant owners and reached $90,000 in annual recurring revenue.
—Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
Chronic spontaneous urticaria, also known as CSU or chronic hives, is a recurring skin condition characterized by itchy, raised, red welts or deep tissue swelling that persists for six weeks or longer, often without a discernible trigger.
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James Badge Dale will also appear in a major recurring role.
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The notion that expertise is defined by solving problems and getting results was also a recurring tendency, as was the belief that specialist training and education are central to expertise.
—Lauren Keating, Scientific American, 21 July 2025
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Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
Chronic spontaneous urticaria, also known as CSU or chronic hives, is a recurring skin condition characterized by itchy, raised, red welts or deep tissue swelling that persists for six weeks or longer, often without a discernible trigger.
—Taylor Lane, Flow Space, 23 July 2025
James Badge Dale will also appear in a major recurring role.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 23 July 2025
The notion that expertise is defined by solving problems and getting results was also a recurring tendency, as was the belief that specialist training and education are central to expertise.
—Lauren Keating, Scientific American, 21 July 2025
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“Recur.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recur. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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recur
verb
re·cur
ri-ˈkər 
recurred; recurring
1
: to go or come back in thought or discussion
2
: to come again into the mind
3
: to occur or appear again
Medical Definition
recur
intransitive verb
re·cur
ri-ˈkər
recurred; recurring
: to occur again after an interval
a disease likely to recur
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