How to Use recombine in a Sentence

recombine

verb
  • When the light bounces back, the two beams are recombined.
    Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 11 Feb. 2020
  • Stir the sauce to recombine, then spoon it over the halibut.
    Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2022
  • When the beam bounces back, it's recombined with the second beam.
    Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 11 Oct. 2017
  • Laser light can split the quantum wave of a BEC into two halves that move apart and recombine.
    Adrian Cho, Science | AAAS, 7 Sep. 2017
  • Shake or stir the vinaigrette to recombine, then pour it over the salad and toss gently.
    Katie Workman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2023
  • To serve, stir soup to recombine and season with salt and extra vinegar to taste.
    Daniel Neman, The Seattle Times, 11 July 2017
  • Even though four people in the group are under thirty, none of you will be able to figure out how to recombine the threads.
    Blythe Roberson, The New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2019
  • Remove and discard the star anise or cinnamon from the caramel, then whisk to recombine and mix in any juices. Pour the caramel over the oranges and serve.
    Christopher Kimball, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Aug. 2019
  • This is a war that will recombine the DNA of global politics.
    Michael Kimmage, The New Republic, 13 Mar. 2022
  • While white flour is made from just the endosperm, whole-wheat flour is made by recombining the three parts after milling.
    Perri Ormont Blumberg, Southern Living, 20 July 2023
  • Stir the cornstarch mixture to recombine and stir it into the milk mixture.
    Jill Warren Lucas, charlotteobserver, 5 Sep. 2017
  • Stir the cornstarch mixture to recombine, and stir it into the milk mixture.
    Robin Currie, Philly.com, 22 Aug. 2017
  • Just pulse it in a food processor or blender to recombine, then measure it out.
    Andy Baraghani, Bon Appetit, 9 Apr. 2018
  • Wang and co say that these photons travel along symmetric paths of the same length and then recombine.
    The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 15 Mar. 2023
  • To assemble and finish: Give the vinaigrette a whisk to recombine.
    Sarah Fritsche, SFChronicle.com, 3 July 2018
  • On the other side of the membrane, the protons recombine with electrons to form pure hydrogen.
    IEEE Spectrum, 12 June 2023
  • As a result, those parts of the chromosomal DNA don’t align with a partner and are far less likely to recombine.
    Quanta Magazine, 8 Nov. 2022
  • This light is split into two beams, with one beam traveling to the target and bouncing back, where it's recombined with the other beam.
    Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 1 Jan. 2018
  • Over time, tannin molecules recombine and form polymers that fall to the bottom of the bottle.
    Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 29 Nov. 2022
  • In a medium bowl, stir the fennel and 2 tablespoons of the vinaigrette (whisk it briskly to recombine if necessary).
    Adam Ried, BostonGlobe.com, 1 June 2018
  • The reverse can also be performed: all the qubits recombined into a single qubit.
    Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 8 Feb. 2018
  • Give the cornstarch mixture a quick stir to recombine and gradually stir into the soup.
    Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2019
  • The beams are then recombined by further mirrors and travel to a detector.
    Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 24 Apr. 2023
  • That strategy didn’t work as well as expected, and there’s been on-and-off-again efforts to recombine them in recent years.
    Nabila Ahmed, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2019
  • The extreme energies lost by the magnetic field produce a flood of electrons and positrons, which then recombine to form a storm of gamma rays.
    Paul Sutter, Ars Technica, 17 June 2022
  • When these ions meet each other again and recombine, the reaction gives off energy in the form of visible light.
    Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 27 June 2017
  • Check the bottom of the bowl to make sure all of the confectioners’ sugar has been incorporated; if not, briefly beat to recombine.
    Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2021
  • The 2009 swine flu crossed over from pigs, which acted as mixing vessels in which porcine, avian, and human influenza strains recombined.
    Larry Brilliant, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2022
  • But nobody who was in my life would be able to track any of the characters because they are recombined from sentences about lots of different people turned into one character.
    Erik Pedersen, Orange County Register, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Adding emulsifiers like lecithin forms smaller droplets and helps prevent them from recombining, resulting in a chewier, longer-lasting confection.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 12 Sep. 2023

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