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
Lazarus rejoined NBCUniversal in 2013 as a senior vice president of ad sales after working senior sales roles at Univision and USA Today.
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Brian Steinberg, Variety, 14 Oct. 2024
Claiming that the United States is the real villain in its dispute, and backed by Beijing and Moscow, Tehran has made increasingly successful efforts to rally such countries behind its push to rejoin the international community.
—Carol E. B. Choksy, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2024
Holes 6 through 14 wind and climb through this new section, which has homesites on at least three of the holes, before rejoining the final four holes of the Bluff.
—Erik Matuszewski, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
In the reimagining of ' Matlock, Bates plays Madeline Matlock, a woman rejoining the workforce at a prestigious law firm in her senior years.
—H. Alan Scott, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
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Brian Steinberg, Variety, 14 Oct. 2024
Claiming that the United States is the real villain in its dispute, and backed by Beijing and Moscow, Tehran has made increasingly successful efforts to rally such countries behind its push to rejoin the international community.
—Carol E. B. Choksy, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2024
Holes 6 through 14 wind and climb through this new section, which has homesites on at least three of the holes, before rejoining the final four holes of the Bluff.
—Erik Matuszewski, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
In the reimagining of ' Matlock, Bates plays Madeline Matlock, a woman rejoining the workforce at a prestigious law firm in her senior years.
—H. Alan Scott, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rejoin
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Some recipients responded to the texts with anger and others with a sense of humor, but many agree that the messages seem to be a bleak foreshadowing.Char Adams, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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If this does not suit you, respond to their invitation with polite regrets.Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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Price’s office did not reply to a request for comment as of Saturday morning.Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
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The sheriff's office did not immediately reply to USA TODAY's request for comment Monday.Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
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Nix, a captain and budding leader, on Wednesday took a long, deep breath before answering a question about Forsyth and his demeanor since Sunday.Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 13 Nov. 2024
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First is a lengthy 12-minute cold open: a flash-forward that almost immediately answers the Kevin Costner question by revealing that Governor John Dutton has been shot and killed in the bathroom of his governor’s mansion in Helena.Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 11 Nov. 2024
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“Rejoin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rejoin. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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