recurring

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A recurring problem is one that keeps happening over and over again.

When we say something is recurring, we mean it's coming back or happening regularly. You might have a recurring dream every night, which means it happens to you repeatedly. If someone has a recurring cold, it means they get sick with the same illness many times throughout the year. Recurring events are things like annual parties or seasonal festivals that happen at the same time every year. In business, recurring revenue is money that comes in regularly, often from customers who pay a subscription fee for a service or product.

How common is "recurring"?

Word recurring is considered uncommon in modern English.
It has a balanced usage among all categories: speech, fiction, newspapers and academic texts.

Definitions

verb

To have recourse (to) someone or something for assistance, support etc.
To happen again.
Example: The theme of the prodigal son recurs later in the third act.
To recurse.

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repeat

noun

A recurrence; a coming round again.

reiterationrepeat

adjective

Happening or occurring frequently, with repetition.
Example: He has recurring asthma attacks.
Of a decimal: having a set of digits that is repeated indefinitely.
Example: Every rational number can be written as either a terminating decimal or a recurring decimal.

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recurrentrepetitive

Real examples of "recurring" in context

Cillian Murphy on Christopher Nolan and playing Oppenheimer

Interview

The hand on the hip thing was a recurring image in a lot of the photographs,

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Tom Holland Calls for a Doctor While Eating Spicy Wings | Hot Ones

Interview

Alright, Tom, we have a recurring segment on our show called Explain That Gram where we do a deep dive on our guest's Instagram.

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Elizabeth Olsen Feels Brave While Eating Spicy Wings | Hot Ones

Interview

Alright, Elizabeth Olsen, we have a recurring segment on our show called Explain That Gram where we do a deep dive on our guests' Instagram, pull interesting pictures that need more context.

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