recrudescence

noun

Definition of recrudescencenext
as in recurrence

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Recent Examples of recrudescence This recrudescence of wolf warrior diplomacy is counterproductive and enables Japan to depict China as the bullying hegemon. — Jeff Kingston, Time, 30 Nov. 2025 Who would benefit from the end of community fluoridation and a recrudescence of tooth decay? — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024 With that comes the prerogative to employ medieval cruelties – recrudescences from pre-modern empire redeployed in the present. — Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023 The coverage of Italy’s recent elections in the American press has portrayed the success of Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party as a sudden and dangerous recrudescence of Italy’s fascist past. — Alexander Stille, The New Republic, 4 Oct. 2022 This is also evident in the recrudescence of the Little House on the Prairie look for younger women, a style that has historically been a favorite among the chronically abstinent. — Cintra Wilson, The New York Review of Books, 11 Feb. 2020 All this will lead to a recrudescence of interesting political theory. — The Economist, 19 June 2019 Only this wise, collegial institution prevents a recrudescence of World War II. — Lionel Shriver, Harper's magazine, 10 Apr. 2019
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  1. recurrence
  2. renewal
  3. outbreak
Noun
  • Value to patients doesn’t align with payers For an individual patient, preventing a cancer recurrence is priceless.
    — Karen E. Knudsen, STAT, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Cancer survivors like Sanders also have a higher chance of recurrence.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of recurrence
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  • Under the contract, Tiebreaker will offer per-show payments to Forest Hills Gardens Corporation starting at $15,500 and reaching $18,000 during the three-year final renewal term.
    — Elle McLogan, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Advertisers can now apply for an annual permit that costs $400 initially, with annual renewals costing $500.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of renewal
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  • As the outbreak stretched to a month, CDC officials expressed concerns, asking how anyone would know if a worker had been infected if they weren’t getting tested.
    — Nat Lash, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2026
  • This led to a small outbreak that spread from that area to other countries.
    — Katrine L. Wallace, The Conversation, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of outbreak

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