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
Biden rejoined the international compact shortly after taking office.
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Zack Budryk, The Hill, 1 Nov. 2024
During the aughts, Lesh sometimes rejoined his former bandmates in such Grateful Dead repertory formations as the Other Ones, the Dead, and Furthur, which also featured Bob Weir.
—Richard Gehr, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2024
Through the Paris Agreement, which the U.S. left in 2017 and then rejoined in 2021, leaders from nearly 200 countries agreed to help keep global average temperatures from rising more than 1.5 degrees celsius above pre-industrial levels.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2024
Ian Anderson and Spencer Strider could rejoin the rotation at certain points in the season after long injury layoffs.
—Daniel R. Epstein, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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Zack Budryk, The Hill, 1 Nov. 2024
During the aughts, Lesh sometimes rejoined his former bandmates in such Grateful Dead repertory formations as the Other Ones, the Dead, and Furthur, which also featured Bob Weir.
—Richard Gehr, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2024
Through the Paris Agreement, which the U.S. left in 2017 and then rejoined in 2021, leaders from nearly 200 countries agreed to help keep global average temperatures from rising more than 1.5 degrees celsius above pre-industrial levels.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2024
Ian Anderson and Spencer Strider could rejoin the rotation at certain points in the season after long injury layoffs.
—Daniel R. Epstein, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rejoin
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Joakim didn't immediately respond when contacted by PEOPLE for additional information.Becca Longmire, People.com, 20 Nov. 2024
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Tom's did not immediately respond to NPR for comment.Ayana Archie, NPR, 20 Nov. 2024
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Tesla typically does not respond to requests for comment, and did not reply to inquiries for this story.Camila Domonoske, NPR, 22 Nov. 2024
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More than 130 people have replied and not a single person has experienced anything like it.Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 21 Nov. 2024
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The town’s old post office provides desks for writing letters to Santa; each note is thoughtfully answered by the postmaster and mailed back before the big day.Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 23 Nov. 2024
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In the meantime, more studies are needed to answer the scientific question of how ultraprocessed foods impact the body, Hall said.Sandee LaMotte, CNN, 22 Nov. 2024
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“Rejoin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rejoin. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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