Definition of rejoinnext
as in to respond
to speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction when I asked my daughter if she wouldn't mind picking up dinner on her way home from soccer practice, she rejoined, "Only if you wouldn't mind me taking out the pickup later tonight!"

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Recent Examples of rejoin Kendrick Raphael ran for 124 yards as SMU (5-1, 3-1 Atlantic Coast) improved to 10-0 at home in ACC games since rejoining a power conference in 2024. — ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026 Hughes stayed with the band for three albums and, after Deep Purple’s dissolution, briefly rejoined Trapeze and released a solo album, Play Me Out, in 1977. — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2026 Liaw returned to Supermicro as a consultant in May 2021 and eventually became a full-time employee before rejoining the board in December 2023. — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026 The company said the employee downloaded over 100 highly confidential files to his personal accounts before rejoining Apple. — Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for rejoin
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Verb
  • His federal public defender did not respond to a request for comment.
    — Dennis Romero, NBC news, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Defenders must respond to different types of aircraft while managing the cost and availability of defensive missiles.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Some organizations obsess over presence, but merely being online or replying fast doesn’t move the needle.
    — Volen Vulkov, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Bell replied in his usual jovial manner, agreeing to the reproduction of his photo in the forthcoming article.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Golden State answered with a three-pointer by Veronica Burton to briefly silence them.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Young protestors answered with an insurrectionary energy in the summer and soon found support from a broader coalition comprised of opposition parties, social movements and other pillars of Indian civil society.
    — Asim Ali, Time, 24 Oct. 2026

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“Rejoin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rejoin. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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